RE: Comma question

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Karen Felker wrote:
 
> A reviewer is disputing my use of a comma in this sentence that describes a
> clustering algorithm: "Assigns numbers to actors and events, based on natural
> groups called clusters."

I meant to add this suggestion before hitting Send: Read the sentence out loud. Did you pause after "events"? I don't, and I think most people wouldn't. Thus you don't need the comma. 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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