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Can't we just embrace adverbification and agree to write "suddenly"?
all of the suddenly?
No! For made up reasons I don’t understand adverbs are verboten!
If "all of the sudden" becomes standard I will definitely do this.
Nothing wrong with "suddenly." I probably should have used it in my previous comment. It's just that sometimes you want to say "all of a sudden." Especially at storytime. The extra time helps build the suspense. "Suddenly" is more sudden in that it just jumps in there. With "all of a sudden," the subject isn't ready but the listeners are.