Does this sentence need a comma? Gum and drinks are not allowed, because they can create disasters in the dirt-free zone.
3 answers
YES!
Cortney is wrong. We do not use a comma before "because."
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Please study this site.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm
No, a comma is not needed