> > I realize when you say, "all of a sudden" very quckly, it sounds a lot like, "allva sudden."
> > But "all THE sudden?"

> Come to think of it, I don't even get "all of a sudden" that much.

Yes, but that's just because it's an archaic usage. At least it used to be correct, and make sense, once upon a time. "All the sudden" has never been right.

Paul