Is the comma after "preach" needed?
>"...when sending him out to preach, Srila Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté
>instructed him to prove the falsity of that theory."
>
>Without the comma, it reads "to preach Srila Bhaktisiddhänta
>Sarasvaté" as if the subject of his preaching was Srila
>Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté. But if we were to speak that sentence we
>would not naturally pause after "preach." Insertion of the comma thus
>seems undesirable. Since "preach SBS" makes no sense, is dropping the
>comma acceptable?
I'd keep it.
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