Confess or confesses and why?
The policeman is demanding that the thief ___ the crime.
1. confess
2. confesses
which one is the right answer?

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Welcome to the much-misunderstood present subjunctive. :) The answer is "confess".

"Confesses" is indicative, meaning that it's an actual event. However in this case, we have a demand by the policeman, so the action is a conceived idea and not a real event.

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confess is the right answer, that's subjunctive !

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I confess
you confess
he/she confesses
we confess 
they confess
you confess

The policeman is demanding that the thief confesses the crime.

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I confess fdmaxey is right. :))))))

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confess

"Confesses" would be used more in the conditional.

"If he confesses, we can avoid a full trial."

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