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Free sign upThe phrase "he can neither" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to express that someone is unable to do two things, often followed by "nor" to introduce the second action.
Example: "He can neither swim nor ride a bike."
Alternatives: "He is unable to" or "He cannot either."
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He can neither walk nor talk.
But the Home Office challenged his immigration status so he can neither work nor claim benefits.
On the ground level he can neither see nor feel anything but air.
He can neither see his audience, nor hear what we are hearing.
He can neither rejoin the Buffalo Bill group nor go home.
But he can neither stand up to the American public, nor can he lead them.
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He or she can neither make nor introduce laws.
Strawberry is ravaged by an urge he cannot control, a habit he cannot kick and a game he emotionally can neither do with nor without.
This mere factuality, he held, can neither be calculated nor deduced, but only experienced; reason therefore means nothing but the power to encounter concrete reality.
"There is something lingering inside us," he added, like a suspicion that he and others can neither suppress nor satisfy.
Aside from "being able to shrug talmudically," he says, "I can neither move nor feel my left arm".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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