Sentence examples for confess to the error from inspiring English sources

The advertising agency and the tobacco company were delighted by the unpaid publicity and were only too happy to confess to the error in the coda, "What do you want, good grammar or good taste?" Like many usage controversies, the brouhaha over "like a cigarette should" is a product of grammatical ineptitude and historical ignorance.

The company confessed to the error last month when it told the stock market that it had erroneously stated that performance criteria linked to total shareholder return, a measure of shareholder performance, were linked to awards of shares intended to compensate the chief executive for €775,000 forfeited when he left PPR.

The entire inquiry is about the struggle between two former lovers, the government and the BBC, to preserve their reputations, a struggle so fierce that neither side could confess to the remotest error.

He did not confess to the police.

"I confess to the shooting".

Mr Misskelley, who is slightly mentally retarded, actually confessed to the murder.His confession, though, was full of factual errors.

(He confessed to the crime).

He has confessed to the charges.

"He confessed to the group," Mr. Rivera said.

Mr. Gacy never confessed to the murders.

Mr Akilov has confessed to the crime.