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Your father, your mother and your brother are wrong.

Hi,

Yes, yes...but is there in English a paired conjunction like neither... or... for more than 2 things?

Q

Some people (and probably most grammar books) say you can only use "neither ... nor" to refer to two things.
Other people may tell you that "neither ... nor ... nor" is OK.
Technically speaking, the word neither indicates only two things.

Tung Quoc
Hi,

Yes, yes...but is there in English a paired conjunction like neither... or... for more than 2 things?

Q

Not one of you, your father, your mother or your brother, is right.

Tung Quoc
Normally, with 2 elements, we say:

Neither your father nor your mother is right.

So, with more than 2 elements, how can we write?

Ex:

Neither your father nor your mother nor your brother is right. ?

Quoc

AFAIK, it goes like this:

Neither your father, your mother nor your

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AFAIK, it goes like this:

Neither your father, your mother nor your brother is wrong.

Neither your father, nor your mother and your brother are wrong.

Interesting. What's your take on the usage note at this site:>

1/What does AFAIK mean?

2/ Can I write as follows:

Neither your father and your mother nor your brother is wrong.

Q

"Neither your father and your mother nor your brother is wrong."

My logic dictates that you can, if you regard your father and your mother as one: your parents.

English is not physics, mind

Inchoateknowledge"Neither your father and your mother nor your brother is wrong."

My logic dictates that you can, if you regard your father and your mother as one: your parents.

In that case, one would would usually use "your parents".

Is it not more emphatic to name them singly?