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Annvan Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

consist of/ consist out of

Can we say both "consist of" and "consist out of"?
  

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I can't think of any context for consist out of. Are you confusing two expressions; 'consists of' and 'made out of'

— Nona the brit

  • I can't think of any context for consist out of.
  • Are you confusing two expressions; 'consists of' and 'made out of'
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I can't think of any context for consist out of. Are you confusing two expressions; 'consists of' and 'made out of'
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Nona, I agree with you, this is non-standard.

However, you can find it at several British sites (didn't find it at the New York Times), just make a search at Yahoo with

"consist out of" bbc
(quotation marks are important)
such as:


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Thanks for your help Nona and Marius. I have been proofreading a business document and had assumed that "consist out of" was wrong. Then I googled "consist out of", saw it used quite a bit and became confused...
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Hi guys,

'. . . consist out of . . . ' is definitely substandard.


I looked at this quote. ... acts as the confederation parliament, and consist out of the representatives. ... It is a merger between the Scottish BBC and the National Irish Broadcaster. ...




Here's the comple
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Searching the BNC turns up nothing at all for "consist out of". Google produces results, but a great many of those appear to be from non-native speakers.
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0Here in Holland we use "bestaat uit" literally meaning "consist out". 0-
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