Choose the correct prepositional collocation: The archaeological committee's findings are fully consistent ______ previous radiometric dating results.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. with
- Step 1: Identify standard prepositional idiom: The adjective 'consistent' governs the preposition 'with'.
- Step 2: Confirm collocation: 'consistent with'.
- Step 3: Select 'with'.
Answer
with.
Why not the others: 'consistent to', 'consistent for', and 'consistent against' are non-standard grammatical combinations in English.
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