Neither... or?

[butterfly]

'Neither SG-1 or Stargate Command will never be the same when a new member joins the team.'
(their sentence about season nine -- emphasis mine)

Sorry, what? That's not only a double negative, it's also just plain bad writing. Question -- is it worth it to write into Gateworld and mention something like that?

Alternatives that make more sense:
SG-1 and Stargate Command will never be the same after a new member joins the team.

Neither SG-1 nor Stargate Command will ever be the same after a new member joins the team.

After a new member joins the team, SG-1 and Stargate Command will never be the same.

A new member joins the team; SG-1 and Stargate Command will never be the same.

Comments

[not-fledged-yet.livejournal.com]

*reads through several times*

At first I thought that said "Neither SG-1 or Stargate Command will ever be the same when a new member joins the team." which, as a descriptivist, I was willing to forgive. But "neither...or...never" is going a bit far.

[jic]

*nods emphatically*

[deifire]

*reads sentence*

Ow.

That's so bad it's painful. At the very least, someone should be notified that an 'n' has wandered away from home and is now hanging out with the wrong word.

[luminosity]

So. The team's getting a new member then? And things are gonna change?

:)

[falchionofseals.livejournal.com]

DRIZZT DO'URDEN RULES!!!

[elz.livejournal.com]

The grammar, it pains me.