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Admit having / admit

Posted by Takeda nobuhiro on August 13, 2003

I am teaching English in Japan.
A thing I do not understand is:

What is the difference between the two sentences
(A) I admitted playing tennis with her.

(B) I admitted having played tennis with her.

Both A and B mean "In the past I played tennis with her"

Does (A) always mean "Sometime in the past a
I played tennis with her."?

Does (B) always mean "Continusly I have been playing tennis with her."?

Thanks in advance.

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