One of the things we do in American English is to use nouns as verbs. It’s a shortcut. We’re so used to it we aren’t aware we’re doing it. But sometimes it’s jarring, like when my GF tells me we need to ‘dialog’.

‘Consequences’ is a noun! Something has -consequences- and these are the -consequences-. Saying something ‘consequences’ something else just sounds WRONG. Well, it does to me. It does now. Years from now I might be so used to hearing it that it will sound normal. That’s how American English works.

No, it does not. You also need to look at the type of word that a word is, in this case “consequences” in order to use it properly. As an example, would you, and I sincerely hope not, say something like “Sally, ran to the store for me and bring me back a box of sugar” in the present tense? “Ran” is the past tense of “run”. To be used correctly, it would be “Sally, runt to the store for me”. The same holds here for the word “consequences”, it should be used in the past tense, not the present, as you have used it in your example. For your example to be correct it should read the consequence of such and such happening has the result of this and that happening. You could also say “consequences of this or that has the consequence of this or that. Notice the lack of the “s” in the second use of the word consequence. A letter on, or in a word can make all of the difference is whether or not it is used properly. The “s” makes consequence a plural word, and changes the verb tense of it.

Yeah, like that dude up there said, there is no verb “consequence.” Nouns often have verb counterparts though. For example, liberty is a noun, liberate is a verb. The root word is the same…but in consequence, the root word…well seems to be consecutive–one after another… used specifically to describe a “causal” event.

It just doesn’t work in some cases to have a verb with the same root word. Like you can make someone free (semantically hehe) [liberate], but you can’t make someone…or something…or someplace consecutive… The distinction is basically that a consequence is a conceptual thing…it’s not tangible, so giving something intangible an action doesn’t make any sense.

No

you could just say

the consequence of such and such happening is such and such