Different forms of question

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Eagerlearner  #534049  Sun, 29 Jun 08 07:51 AM
There are so many ways of asking the same question,

what is the longest river in China
what is the longest river that is in China
what is the river in China that is the longest
what is the river that is the longest in China

is there any other forms ? Which one is more formal and commonly used ?

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William
  
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Mister Micawber  #534052  Sun, 29 Jun 08 08:03 AM
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Only the first is acceptably natural English, William.  The rest are not good.
  
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Eagerlearner  #534056  Sun, 29 Jun 08 08:11 AM
Thank you and I like to hear that too, it will certainly become less complex for my Natural Language Processing application
  
Yoong Liat  #534311  Sun, 29 Jun 08 06:23 PM

Eagerlearner
what is the longest river in China
What is the longest river in China? (The first letter must be capitalised and there should be a question mark at the end of the question.)

  
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Eagerlearner  #534572  Mon, 30 Jun 08 01:16 PM
Ok, thanks about that, but in this context I am more concern about the forms of the sentences, that's why I forget about it. Thank you.
  
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