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Are these all correct ways to ask, "Have you ever been to Taiwan?"

你去過台灣嗎?

你去台灣過嗎?

你去過了台灣嗎?

你有没有去過台灣?

Some of them are more awkward than the others, but are they all grammatically correct?

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If you're really fond of the positive-negative structure, it is grammatically correct to say

你饿不饿?

她漂亮不漂亮?

I think the first one sounds okay, but not as smooth as the 吗 structure. The second one sounds quite awkward (to my non-native ears).

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How about asking if someone is hungry?

1. 有没有餓?

2. 是不是餓?

Perhaps 有沒有餓 is grammatically inappropriate. However, orally, we do say 有沒有餓了啊/ 呢? (influenced by Taiwanese, I guess) or 是不是餓了啊/呢? Also, you can say 會不會餓啊/呢?

and.....beautiful?

3. 有没有漂亮?

4. 是不是漂亮?

Once again, 3. is orally used.

Answers suggested by renzhe and yonglin are correct, too.

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