Without the accompanying neither, it can be difficult to know whether or not to use nor.
Is this correct, or should or be used here instead?
We do not have the equipment needed to measure buoyancy nor air volume.
grammaror-nor
Without the accompanying neither, it can be difficult to know whether or not to use nor.
Is this correct, or should or be used here instead?
We do not have the equipment needed to measure buoyancy nor air volume.
Best Answer
Either "nor" or "or" can be used.
It is up to the style you wish to follow as to which one might be preferable.
Your example is somewhat similar to the examples in CGEL, page 1309:
Your example is similar to those in [50.ii] in that your first coordinate ("buoyancy") falls within the scope of the negative "not".
Note that CGEL is the 2002 reference grammar by Huddleston and Pullum et al., The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.