Comments on: Suddenly…

By: shari

shari — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:36:59 +0000

I confess a bit of snobbery… “All of the sudden” irritates me in the same manner as “would of.” Brrrrrrrrrr! It’s like nails on a chalkboard for me.

Ack! I HATE would of/could of/should of! ~Tim

By: Aymiee

Aymiee — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:50:14 +0000

hahaha.. I’ve also learned it as “all of a sudden”. My daughter likes to make up new words like “swetsuit” instead of wetsuit or “beg the pardon” instead of “beg your pardon”. I try to correct her but she argues that she can make up whatever she likes. I am afraid she will be the ones using “irregardless” or “conversate”.

Well, I would agree with your daughter that “all words are made-up words” so she can make up whatever she likes. I’ll still cringe whenever I hear “irregardless” or “conversate” though. ~Tim [I love swetsuit -- I've worn one and that's pretty accurate]

By: lime

lime — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:43:08 +0000

i’ve never heard or seen it any way other than ‘all of A sudden.”

thus sayeth the lime.

That settles it for me! ~Tim

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:23:46 +0000

All of THE sudden? Are these people high? More importantly, are these the same people who insist that “these ones” strung together is an acceptable phrase?:(

I’m not aware of a correlation on either point. More research! ~Tim

By: Southern Sweetheart

Southern Sweetheart — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:44:20 +0000

I’m not a teacher – not even close – but all the ones listed above annoy the he** out of me too!!!!

As for answering your question Tim, I say “all of a sudden” — and everyone I know that I’ve ever heard use the phrase says it that way too. I don’t think I’ve ever seen “all of the sudden” before, and like you, it would drive me crazy!

You don’t have to be a teacher, just… literate, which you certainly are. ~Tim

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:40:25 +0000

Why not just say “suddenly”?

ERRORS THAT TINKLE ME OFF

How about “irregardless”?

Or “suposably” instead of “supposedly”?

Or abuse the word “basically” which basically says basically nothing and adds basically zero to an already-adverb-abused language?

Or “axe” me a question, instead of “ask”?

Recent spelling errors in papers from some of the best and the brightest (suposably):

–”thrown” instead of “throne” (as in Hamlet wanted to sit on the thrown)

–”persay” instead of “per se” which is pretentious enough when spelled like it’s suposably supposed to be

–”accomplish” instead of “accomplice” (as in Iago hired Roderigo to be his accomplish.)

See? You did it. You put an English teacher on a rant. And all of the sudden I am a hot little potato.

Those are like, ya know, some of the same ones that tinkle me off too! [BTW, I did just say suddenly.] ~Tim