No. Neither Mary nor John has a good job.
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Aspara GusNo. Neither Mary nor John has a good job.Aspara Gus, what if there are more people in a sentence? Let's say Mary, John and Ken?
Perfect StrangerAspara Gus, what if there are more people in a sentence? Let's say Mary, John and Ken?Here’s a usage note from M-W:
Perfect StrangerNeither Mary, nor John, nor Ken have a bad job. ? or should it rather be Neither Mary, nor John or Ken have a bad job.Neither.
Perfect StrangerAnd what about the form of the verb that follows those proper nouns?I’d use has because neither … nor sounds a little formal to me and plural agreement is informal. But I would have no problem with Neither of them have good jobs (which can only refer to two people, by the way).