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> More recently it reminds me how people switched to "all the sudden" all of a sudden. ...and as a non-native english speaker, I just learned that "all of a su
by xg15 4y ago
> More recently it reminds me how people switched to "all the sudden" all of a sudden.
...and as a non-native english speaker, I just learned that "all of a sudden" is slang and not just a normal part of the language.
Wow!
- kencausey 4y agoI may be wrong but I think rather than 'slang' the correct word would be 'idiom'. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/idiom https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/idiom
- gerdesj 4y ago"all of a sudden" is probably ubiquitous in english and so whilst it is an idiom, it is a standard idiom!
- tomcam 4y ago"all of a sudden" is definitely a standard idiom. In fact: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=%22all%20of%20a%20sudden%22,%22all%20a%20sudden%22 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=%22all%20o...