All of a Sudden versus All of the Sudden
Sometimes in English language it is not the word but the entire phrase that confuses us. Some of these phrases are used so much in our day to day life that it becomes very important for us to clearly understand the difference between two to avoid any incorrectness in our sentence framing. In this article we are going to see such two phrases that are all of a sudden and all of the sudden.
In this article we are going to see meaning of both these two phrases and also we are going to use them in sentences framing
Use of the phrase all of a sudden and all of the sudden in sentence framing
All of a sudden |
All of the sudden |
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The phrase all of the sudden is literally used in same context as of the term all of a sudden and don’t have any difference between them.
Use in sentences Sam was explaining his project to the class, and then all of the sudden, he forgot what he was going to say.
As Sam was reading a book, all of the sudden, he heard a loud crash coming from the kitchen.
Sam was having a lovely picnic, and all of the sudden, a strong gust of wind blew his hats off.
Sam was having a peaceful afternoon, and then all of the sudden; the phone rang, startling me. |
Important note
As we can see in above segment we have gone through the meaning of both the phrases and also tried to use them in various sentences making one question still is unclear that what is the difference between the two? Are both interchangeable?
Well, answer of above questions are very clear that is the phrase all of the sudden is grammatically wrong and should not be used at all, thus all the above sentences formed using the phrase all of the sudden are grammatically wrong and only the phrase all of a sudden should be used.
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Summary
To quickly summarize what we have learnt in this article both the phrase either be all of a sudden or all of the sudden literally have same meaning that is something that happens very quickly and we framed different sentences using both. At end we realized that the phrase all of the sudden is grammatically wrong and should not be used.
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