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"Last time" VERSUS "The last time" Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:19 am  "Last time" VERSUS "The last time"
 

Hi

Could you please tell me which one of the sentences quoted below sounds more natural to you?

1- When did you see him last time.?
2- When did you see him the last time.?

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"Last time" VERSUS "The last time" Fri Oct 13, 2006 13:34 pm  "Last time" VERSUS "The last time"
 

Both sound more natural to me. Very Happy
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"Last time" VERSUS "The last time" Fri Oct 13, 2006 14:17 pm  "Last time" VERSUS "The last time"
 

Hi Tom

All of these sound even more natural to me: Wink

When did you see him last?
When did you last see him?
When was the last time you saw him?


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"Last time" VERSUS "The last time" Fri Oct 13, 2006 16:02 pm  "Last time" VERSUS "The last time"
 

That was the last time I ever saw him.
That was last time I ever saw him.

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"Last time" VERSUS "The last time" Fri Oct 13, 2006 17:19 pm  "Last time" VERSUS "The last time"
 

Hi Tom

Although Alan has been hearing people omitting articles lately, I'll nevertheless tell you that it's absolutely, positively, unquestionably impossible to omit the word 'the' in this case. Only the first sentence is correct: Cool

That was the last time I ever saw him.

And, of course, the idea of 'last' in your previous post is a little different from your first post.

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"Last time" VERSUS "The last time" Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:17 am  "Last time" VERSUS "The last time"
 

"Last time" in your first post serves an adverbial function, which is why the article can be omitted. In your last post, it is serving only as a noun phrase, not as an adverbial. I think this has something to do with the reason "the" is optional in your first sentences but not in your other one.
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