[General] Which one of you made a new friend the longest time ago?..

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Hello!
If I want to ask a group of people about who made a new friend more close to today or more far from today, how do I ask?

Which one of you made a new friend the longest time ago?
Which one of you made a new friend the shortest time ago?

I bet these examples are wrong, so would mind giving me a hand?
 

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Which one of you made a new friend the longest time ago?:tick:
Which one of you made a new friend the shortest time ago?
:-?
Which of you made a new friend most recently?:tick::tick:
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Who's gone the longest without making a new friend?
 

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Is it correct to say 'Which of you made a new friend most long ago?'
 

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Wow, I got one right :-D
Can I ask
Which of you made a new friend least recently?
as well?
 

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Is 'most long ago' ungrammatical or unnatural?
 

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I would say both.
 

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Why is it ungrammatical to use the adverb 'most' to modify another adverb 'long'?
 

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Can 'longest' be used an adverb modifying 'ago'?
 

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Why is it ungrammatical to use the adverb 'most' to modify another adverb 'long'?

I am not a teacher.

If it's incorrect usage and incorrect syntax it's ungrammatical by definition.
 
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