Meaning – How to Correctly Use “Neither… Nor”

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Is the usage of "neither… nor" natural in the following sentence?

A: Are you an organized person?

B: I am not the most organized person, but I'm neither procrastinator nor spontaneous. I tend to schedule things and plan my day in advance, but not every second of the day.

Best Answer

Yes, the usage of "neither... nor" is natural in this sentence. There is a grammatical mistake however, as "procrastinator" needs an article-- specifically, it needs to be "a procrastinator" here.

I'm neither a procrastinator nor spontaneous.

The reverse order would also work.

I'm neither spontaneous nor a procrastinator.

Content-wise, I am skeptical that "not being a procrastinator" is addressed in the following sentence... scheduling things and planning the day have nothing to do with procrastination. That said, it's still a natural sentence, and would be idiomatic to a native or fluent speaker.

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