neither nor

Etc   Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:25 pm GMT
Should it be 'nor' or 'or'?
"The aircraft was in neither take-off nor landing position."
Rapp   Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:03 pm GMT
It should be "nor", but you'll hear "or" used pretty often in this situation.

You'll also hear the sentence rephrased as: "The aircraft wasn't in either take-off or landing position."
tbd   Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:49 pm GMT
either - or
neither - nor