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Guptavandy Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Consists of/consists in
In the following sentence, shoulsd we use 'consists of'/'consisits in':
In this way, the problem consists of finding the feeding rate, which gives the closest specific growth rate to the desired one and which is compatible with the critical constraint (e.g. ethanol concentration lower than a given threshold), so as to avoid overflow metabolism'
In this way, the problem consists of finding the feeding rate, which gives the closest specific growth rate to the desired one and which is compatible with the critical constraint (e.g. ethanol concentration lower than a given threshold), so as to avoid overflow metabolism'
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I think either preposition will work satisfactorily.
- I think either preposition will work satisfactorily.
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I use: a) it consists of something; and b) it consists in doing something. That is: "in" followed by gerund; "of" followed by noums.
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Anonymousisn't the gerund just a verb in noun form?Yes (or a gerund is a verb form used as a noun) and the above is a case in point.
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