“Consist in” should be used when talking about the main and necessary part of something (i.e., “the beauty of sports consists in bringing people together”). “Consist of… See more

To help us find out which is more commonly used, we thought we’d include a graph to demonstrate the two prepositions. If you take a look at this graph, you’ll see that “consis… See more

When we’re writing the phrase, we’re using the verb “consist.” We have to make sure we’re using the correct verb forms whenever we include a pronoun in a sentence, s… See more

We find that examples are some of the most useful ways for us to learn about new language rules. That’s why it’s important to check out this section to see how we use “consist in” … See more

“Consist of” is the more common of the two, so some of these examples may be more familiar to you. “Consist of” is used when we want to talk about how something is made or w… See more