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Fill in the blank: 'The committee consists ___ five members.'

AFrom
BIn
COn
DOf
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Of
'Consist of' = be composed of. This is fixed prepositional collocation. 'Consist in' is rare and means 'have the essential quality of'.
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