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Vocabulary: acknowledge - recognise or deny

People are often asked or led to "recognise something or someone/ to admit something", or on the contrary to wish "to deny an assertion", always doing it very politely, of course...

I) RECOGNISE/ ACKNOWLEDGE...

To recognise somebody/ something * To acknowledge stg/ that	In acknowledgement of In recognition of
To admit stg to sb	To confess stg to sb
To confess stg/ to own up to stg	A confession/ an admission
On his own admission	To concede stg/ that

* to recognise / to recognize is necessary when physical criteria are used to identify someone (or something) previously seen.

II) TO DENY...

To deny stg	A denial
To issue an official denial	To contest stg
To refute stg	A refutation
To contradict sb	Contradictory

III) A FEW EXPRESSIONS :

- I must confess that...

- I will admit that...

- I don't dispute that..

- It is all right by me.

- It cannot be denied that...

- You can't possibly believe that...

- I grant you that./ I give you that...

There you are! Few words and expressions and they're quite easy to remember, this time. It shouldn't be difficult for you to get 100%... Go for it!

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