How to punctuate a sentence containing two introductory phrases or words?











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Now, to finish off, I would like to add one last stroke.




If my understanding is correct, "now to finish off" is an introductory part. So there definitely should be a comma before that.



However, I am not sure if there are two separate introductory words/phrases("now" and "to finish off") or one.



And if there are two, should they be separated with a comma in formal writing or not? What is the general rule for this?






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  • What is stroke in this sentence?
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Now, to finish off, I would like to add one last stroke.




If my understanding is correct, "now to finish off" is an introductory part. So there definitely should be a comma before that.



However, I am not sure if there are two separate introductory words/phrases("now" and "to finish off") or one.



And if there are two, should they be separated with a comma in formal writing or not? What is the general rule for this?






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Consider the following example:




Now, to finish off, I would like to add one last stroke.




If my understanding is correct, "now to finish off" is an introductory part. So there definitely should be a comma before that.



However, I am not sure if there are two separate introductory words/phrases("now" and "to finish off") or one.



And if there are two, should they be separated with a comma in formal writing or not? What is the general rule for this?






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Consider the following example:




Now, to finish off, I would like to add one last stroke.




If my understanding is correct, "now to finish off" is an introductory part. So there definitely should be a comma before that.



However, I am not sure if there are two separate introductory words/phrases("now" and "to finish off") or one.



And if there are two, should they be separated with a comma in formal writing or not? What is the general rule for this?






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