Answer/Explanation:
The sentence punctuated correctly is:
"I have many New Year's resolutions, such as eating healthier, exercising more, and watching less television."
"I have many New Year's resolutions; such as: eating healthier, exercising more, and watching less television."
This sentence incorrectly uses a semicolon before "such as" and a colon after "such as". The semicolon is unnecessary, and the colon is used incorrectly. A colon should not follow "such as".
"I have many New Year's resolutions, such as eating healthier, exercising more, and watching less television."
This sentence is correctly punctuated. It uses a comma after "resolutions" to introduce the list of resolutions, and it correctly places "such as" before the list without any additional punctuation.
"I have many New Year's resolutions, such as: eating healthier, exercising more, and watching less television."
Similar to the first sentence, this one incorrectly uses a colon after "such as". As mentioned before, a colon is not needed in this context.
"I have many New Year's resolutions; such as eating healthier, exercising more, and watching less television."
This sentence incorrectly uses a semicolon before "such as". Like in the first sentence, the semicolon is unnecessary in this context.
Therefore, the second sentence is punctuated correctly. It effectively introduces the list of New Year's resolutions with a comma after "resolutions" and correctly places "such as" before the list without any additional punctuation.
