"All of the Sudden?"

Letterkenny

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Isn't it just part of the natural evolution of language? People don't talk like they did 50 years ago. 100 years ago was even more different.
 
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What is the correct usage? Asking for a friend.

“All of a sudden” is the typical phrase, not “all of the sudden.” ”Sudden” is an adjective and not really a noun and shouldn’t take “the,” I guess, in my quick and probably not accurate analysis of the situation. But if you think too hard about it neither phrase makes a lot of logical sense.
 
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Why am I seeing this incorrect usage so often now?

I can't remember anyone making this mistake until about 3 years ago. Now it's all over the place?
idk... neither of those phrases make any sense gramatically.

'All of the sudden' or 'All of a sudden'?