Commas for Clarity

   
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        Sometimes we need a comma to let the reader know there is a pause in a particular place in a sentence. Without a pause the sentence would be misread. Look at the following sentences, for example:

            After eating the horses went out to pasture. (After eating the horses?)

            After eating, the horses went out to pasture.

            Soon after Miss Sweetcakes discovered that Reggie had been two-timing her. (Without a comma the reader expects something to be added to this sentence.)

            Soon after, Miss Sweetcakes discovered that Reggie had been two-timing her.