People aren’t saying it because they’re language scholars, it’s because they misheard the proper modern usage. So it goes for many language shifts.
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Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago“of the sudden” (1570) actually predates “of a sudden” (Shakespeare) according to my OED as squinted at through the nifty magnifying glass. But it’s been considered obsolete for a long time despite having all of a sudden experienced a resurgence.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Can’t we just embrace adverbification and agree to write “suddenly”?
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 months ago
all of the suddenly?
Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
No! For made up reasons I don’t understand adverbs are verboten!
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If “all of the sudden” becomes standard I will definitely do this.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Nothing wrong with “suddenly.” It’s just that sometimes you want to say “all of a sudden.” The extra time helps build the suspense. “Suddenly” is more sudden in that it just jumps in there. With “all of a sudden,” the subject isn’t ready but the listeners are.