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- Correct use of consist - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The verb consist is never used without a preposition and it usually takes either of or in In your example, it should be consist of Thus, the first sentence is correct while the second is wrong From the Oxford Dictionaries: 1 (consist of) be composed or made up of (consist in) have as an essential feature 2 (consist with) archaic be consistent with I should also add that it is probably not
- Consist in vs. consist of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Consist of X means made up of X, while consist in X means have X as essential feature The meaning is slightly different For example, His breakfast consists of noodles, eggs and bananas Her music consists in inspiring others One would write Meditation consists in attentive watchfulness to mean that watchfulness is an essential feature of
- Correct usage of consists of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I found a confusing usage of "consist of" in Belles Make Up site: Water consists of 70% of our whole body I think that above sentence is wrong because water is within our body, not the bod
- To consist in or consist of. . . | WordReference Forums
Consist in means “is inherent in or lies within”: His social success consists in being able to persuade everyone of his amiability It usually occurs in sentences with singular subjects that consist in either singular or plural nominals
- consisted of, consisting of, consist(s) of - WordReference Forums
I'm kind of confused about when to use 'consisted of' and when to use 'consisting of' or consist (s) of My guess is that when preceded by 'is' or 'are', 'consisted of' should be used
- Constist Of? On? In? - WordReference Forums
Hola!!! bueno pues tengo una duda porque no se con que preposicion se usa consist alguien me puede decir la diferencia de cuando se usa of, in u or
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Hola:) sé que el tema de consists in of ya ha sido preguntado pero no sé como aplicarlo ¿Cómo puedo decir "la cita consiste en una cena romántica "?¿y cómo puedo decir "el concurso consiste en elegir una puerta "? quedé confundida con el in y el of :confused:
- Consists of vs. consists in: different meanings of the verb, or the . . .
In other words, are there nuances to the word consist that shade the meaning in such a way that a different preposition is desirable? Note that a search of the corpus shows consists in steadily declining since the 19th century (Twain's), and consists of may be supplanting it in all meanings
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