At night he goes out for a drink. - English example sentence

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human600 February 6, 2012 February 6, 2012 at 10:18:18 PM UTC

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Personally, I think that it's a matter of taste here.
I will entertain your suggestion, if you can refer me to
a style guide that dictates a comma in this case.

I checked The Chicago Manual of Style (13th edition),
and found specific reference to adverbial phrases here:

"5.32 An adverbial phrase at the beginning of a sentence
is frequently [but not always] followed by a comma.

"5.33 The comma is usually omitted after short introductory
adverbial phrases."

The phrase here is short, so I'll go with 5.33.