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All of a sudden, all of the sudden, or suddenly?

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over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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All of a sudden?

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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the only accepted use of it is all of a sudden

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Lauchs@lemmy.world
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Ha, I had the same reaction but the opposite way: the sudden?

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over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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Suddenly?

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PetteriPano@lemmy.world
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All my troubles seemed so far away?

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timmytbt@sh.itjust.works
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Don’t you mean, “I’m not half the man I used to be”?

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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All of a sudden could be replaced with the adverb suddenly

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over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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Yes indeed.

I posted this as something of a template of an idea for Lemmy lacking polls…

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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ahhh

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Lauchs@lemmy.world
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All of a sudden or suddenly. Leaning back on old camp counsellor story telling, I think all of a sudden would be better for building tension whereas a quick, staccato **suddenly! **acts like a verbal bang or jump start, if that makes any sense.

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all-knight-party@fedia.io
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I like that, suddenly is sudden to the listener, all of a sudden is surprising to the story’s characters, and makes the listener anticipate that surprise without being able to warn them about it

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Ballissle@lemmy.zip
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A or C.

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weeeeum@lemmy.world
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The suddens of all

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over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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Found the psycho 😂

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