le subjonctif avec questions formelles

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[topaz bobcat]

Here was the question for context

[dusky scaffold]

le subjonctif avec questions formelles

[peak fable]

Croire uses indicative in the positive however it uses subjunctive in the interrogative and the negative.

[ember turret]

This same thing is true for many verbs:

Je pense que je suis malade.
Je ne pense que je sois malade.
Pense-je que je sois malade ? (Sounds weird, but roll with it.)

Nous trouvons que c'est une bonne idée.
Nous ne trouvons pas que ce soit une bonne idée.
Trouvons-nous que ce soit une bonne idée ?
(This sentence courtesy of LawlessFrench.)

Unless there's no doubt, in which case the indicative can be used with both in the interrogative.

[topaz bobcat]

I see, thank you very much!

[topaz bobcat]

What does look like in an example, like a rhetorical question?