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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| confess (v.) |
| In Standard English intransitive confess can combine either with to plus a gerund, as in He confessed to worrying about the legality of the purchase, or with to plus a noun, as in The mayor confessed to the embezzlement. Confess is also Standard with a direct object only, as in He confessed the theft. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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