A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

admit of something • admit to something
admit of something —leave room for smth.: A careful, de-
tached study of his available statements will admit of no other
conclusion.
admit to something —agree, often reluctantly, that smth. is
true; confess to smth.: Over a third of the juveniles admitted
to owning a firearm.
Note: 
The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with
the phrase admit something—
1
. = admit to something: He ad-
mitted owning a car which had an index number identical to
one Miss Mallalieu had noted. 2. have room for smth.; allow
smth. to enter: This harbor is dry at low water and admits only
small craft even with the tide.
admonish someone for something • admonish
someone of something
admonish someone for something —reprove a person on ac-
count of smth.: They are frequently admonished for their fail-
ure to act quickly.
admonish someone of something —bring smth. to a person’s
notice as a warning: A gallows erected on an eminence ad-
monished the offenders of the fate that awaited them.
advance of science • advancement of science
advance of science —progress or improvement in science: It
is an assumption of our world view that progress consists in
the advance of science and technology.
advancement of science —progress in science resulting from
the action of an outside agent: The purpose of this legislation
was the advancement of science.
advance on something • advance towards some-
thing
advance on something —move towards a place (in order to
attack, etc.): The enemy advanced on Rome, and at last con-
quered it.
advance towards something —
1
. = advance on something: The
fire has already destroyed about 
1
5 houses in a suburb and is
advancing towards the city. 2. be headed for smth.; approach
a certain state: The world political system is advancing towards
disorder.