The body consists of cells. In is the correct preposition to use in your first example: Meditation consists in attentive watchfulness. Consist of means to be composed or made up of, while …

The exhibition consists of 180 drawings. His duties consist in taking the condition of the barometer. The information perfectly consists with our friend's account. If I understood what …

Jul 24, 2018 · 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, …

Jan 14, 2015 · Hi everyone! I have a question regarding the use of the word "consisted" I'm not sure about what to use next. Is it OF, ON or IN?? I kind of want to say something like this: "My …

Mar 3, 2007 · Here's an excellent citation I found on another website: Consist in means “is inherent in or lies within”: His social success consists in being able to persuade everyone of …

Jan 1, 2009 · 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'...

Sep 26, 2016 · The proof consists of two parts (or steps). Is consists of correct or it should be consists in instead ? and why ?

Jan 24, 2015 · I am looking for the differences between contain, include, and consist of; I am interested in precise use of each word in an appropriate context. Aside from their general …

Consists of is plenty fine; otherwise see the treasure-book’s General Reference suggestions for comprises, covers, includes, involves, entails, consists of, is composed of, is made up of, …

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 …