Which sentence is punctuated correctly? My father loved talking about history, particularly: the Civil War, the Cold War, and the Revolutionary War. There were several scientific processes I wanted to learn about such as, photosynthesis, diffusion, and osmosis. The only states that Marina had yet to visit were: Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Rhode Island. When studying mythology, I learned about several gods and goddesses: Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes, and Hercules.

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6 January, 20:35

Which sentence is punctuated correctly? My father loved talking about history, particularly: the Civil War, the Cold War, and the Revolutionary War. There were several scientific processes I wanted to learn about such as, photosynthesis, diffusion, and osmosis. The only states that Marina had yet to visit were: Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Rhode Island. When studying mythology, I learned about several gods and goddesses: Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes, and Hercules.

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The correct answer is - When studying mythology, I learned about several gods and goddesses: Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes, and Hercules.

This is the only sentence which is punctuated correctly because the first part (before the list) ends abruptly; it is obvious that something needs to be placed there. In this case, that is a colon.

The other sentences have leading words (particularly, such as, were) that don't require a colon after them.