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[sleeper]

Hi, there!

Look at the following sentence.

'Did Nancy enjoy last winter?'

Is this sentence posssible?

In my opinion, this sentence is grammatically wrong.
The reasons are:
1. The word 'enjoy' is a transitive verb, and there is no object in the sentence.
2. The phrase 'last winter' cannot be the object, because 'last ~' phrases usually function as adverbs.

For these reasons, the sentence should be:
#1. 'Did Nancy enjoy herself last winter?' or
#2. 'Did Nancy enjoy the last winter?'

Am I right?
How about the sentence #2?
Can the sentence #2 have a different meaning?

I'm looking forward to your answers.

Thanks.

[asterix]

I think your sentence is OK.

Your other sentences are OK too.
in #2.) "the last winter" refers to a specific winter of several, but it may not be the one that had just passed at the time of writing.
For example: Nancy spent 10 years in Canada and was happy there, but she did not enjoy the last winter. (And so she moved to Florida a year later.)