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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Admit

Hello! I'd like to know when to use "admit something" and admit to doing something"...
  

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-admit his mistake -admit making a mistake -admit to making a mistake to me, all mean the same -to be admitted to a restaurant is different, as you may notice.

  • -admit his mistake -admit making a mistake -admit to making a mistake to me, all mean the same -to be admitted to a restaurant is different, as you may notice.
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-admit his mistake

-admit making a mistake

-admit to making a mistake

to me, all mean the same

-to be admitted to a restaurant

is different, as you may notice.
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Use the former when the object is a noun: 'I want to admit (to) my ignorance'.
Use the latter when admitting an action: I want to admit (to) my breaking your window'.

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