whom did you see last night? Identify the correct adjective. (whom,you,last, night)
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Answer:
last is the correct adjective
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Explanation:
Previously the first sentence was correct because it followed the grammatical rule that objective case “whom" was a substitute for the objective case pronoun “him" in the non-question sentence:
“You saw him.”
Most, but not all, speakers now consider the second sentence to be correct because it follows the grammatical rule that a question word is the subject of a sentence, as shown by its preceding the verb.
It's your choice whether to follow the preceding rule or the rule followed by most English speakers today. If you follow the preceding rule, some people will consider that you said something odd. But you can take comfort in knowing that you are following a rule that many of us learned when we were younger.