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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Why "admitted losing" is right?

I took an online test, according to which "He admitted to lose the client" is wrong and "He admitted losing the client" is correct.Could anyone tell me why?
  

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It is just a property of the verb "admit", which does not take a "to" infinitive as an argument. "admit to" is possible, but it must be followed by a noun. htm which includes this and numerous other examples.

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  • It is just a property of the verb "admit", which does not take a "to" infinitive as an argument.
  • "admit to" is possible, but it must be followed by a noun.
  • htm which includes this and numerous other examples.
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It is just a property of the verb "admit", which does not take a "to" infinitive as an argument. "admit to" is possible, but it must be followed by a noun.

There is a list at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verblist.htm which includes this and numerous other examples.
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