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Rule "neither X, nor Y, nor Z (neither X nor Y nor Z)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	neither X, nor Y, nor Z (neither X nor Y nor Z)
Message:	There appears to be an unneeded comma here. "Neither...nor" is a correlative conjunction, so a comma should not separate the pair.
Category:	Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-either-or-neither/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	He is neither rich, nor poor. Neither the moon, nor the sun belong in that painting. I know neither John, nor Jim. She goes neither to the store, nor to the cinema. neither, nor I neither want that, nor care about it. Elizabeth neither swims, nor bikes.
ID:	NEITHER_NOR_SUPERFLUOUS_COMMA [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-28 22:33:08 +0100)