Question

which of the following is a run-on sentence?
○ in 1783, the us congress ratified a preliminary peace treaty, the us and britain signed the treaty of paris, british troops left new york city, and george washington resigned as commander.
○ on april 19, 1783, the us congress ratified a preliminary peace treaty, and the treaty of paris followed about five months later.
○ on september 3, 1783, the us and britain signed the treaty of paris, and two months later, british troops left new york city.
○ on april 19, 1783, the us congress ratified a preliminary peace treaty and five months later, the us and britain signed the treaty of paris and british troops left new york city in november.

Explanation:

A run-on sentence incorrectly joins independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunctions. The first option lists multiple complete independent clauses ("the US Congress ratified a preliminary peace treaty", "the US and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris", "British troops left New York City", "George Washington resigned as commander") only separated by commas, which is a comma splice (a type of run-on). The other options use coordinating conjunctions like "and" correctly to link clauses, or structure the sentences properly.

Answer:

In 1783, the US Congress ratified a preliminary peace treaty, the US and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, British troops left New York City, and George Washington resigned as commander.