admit doing something vs. admit to doing something

[coolpro]

A. He admitted to lying about the accident.
B. He admitted lying about the accident.

Which one of these is correct?
Or either of them is correct?

 

[Rover_KE]

They are both correct.

Rover

 

[dilodi83]

A. He admitted to lying about the accident.
B. He admitted lying about the accident.

Which one of these is correct?
Or either of them is correct?

Is it possible to formulate the sentence like this? : He admitted that he had lied about the accident.

 

[coolpro]

Is it possible to formulate the sentence like this? : He admitted that he had lied about the accident.

!!!NOT A TEACHER!!!

According to what I see in the MacMillanDictionary.Com dictionary, the form - to admit (that) - is acceptable.

 

[birdeen's call]

!!!NOT A TEACHER!!!

According to what I see in the MacMillanDictionary.Com dictionary, the form - to admit (that) - is acceptable.

It is. I believe these are also fine:

[STRIKE]He admitted to have lied about the accident. [/STRIKE]
He admitted to having lied about the accident.

PS: The first one is wrong. Sorry.

 

[coolpro]

It is. I believe these are also fine:

He admitted to have lied about the accident.
He admitted to having lied about the accident.

!!!NOT A TEACHER!!!

The first one does not sound correct to me.

 

[birdeen's call]

!!!NOT A TEACHER!!!

The first one does not sound correct to me.

It didn't sound right to me either but I thought I found some examples. Now I see I misunderstood them. You're right. I'm sorry.