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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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All of a sudden
Hello, teachers. All of a sudden, I would like to analyze 'all of a sudden' but it is not easy for me, so I would like to ask you for help. It is just an idiom or is there a way of analyzing it, like "all of the students", "all=students"? However, I do not see 'All=a sudden' here and in all dictionaries, 'sudden' is just an adjective, so I am confused now. I think we have to just accept this phrase as an idiom, not applying the normal rule? Thank you in advance as usual. Please give me your precious opinions.
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It is indeed listed as an idiom, which is certainly the easy way out: all of a sudden , without warning; unexpectedly; suddenly. Also, on a sudden . However, it does have some rarer parallels...
- It is indeed listed as an idiom, which is certainly the easy way out: all of a sudden , without warning; unexpectedly; suddenly.
- Also, on a sudden .
- However, it does have some rarer parallels...
- for which I am not going to offer an analysis: a heedless, blunt, square style, was deeply, absolutely black, and all of a piece.
- I woke up all of a sweat , both hands clutching a bedpost.
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It is indeed listed as an idiom, which is certainly the easy way out:
all of a sudden, without warning; unexpectedly; suddenly. Also, on a sudden.
However, it does have some rarer parallels... for which I am not going to offer an analysis:
a heedless, blunt, square style, was deeply, absolutely black, and all of a
all of a sudden, without warning; unexpectedly; suddenly. Also, on a sudden.
However, it does have some rarer parallels... for which I am not going to offer an analysis:
a heedless, blunt, square style, was deeply, absolutely black, and all of a
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