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When you mention someone’s country or where something was made or grown, use the present
simple tense. Compare: ‘She comes from Germany.’ (= she was born in Germany) ‘She is coming
from Germany.’ (= she is travelling from Germany)
common
1
I think that people in common have good sides and sides.
I think that people in general have good sides
and
bad sides.
If you have the same background, interests, taste etc as someone, the two of you have a lot in
common: ‘I’m sure the marriage won’t last. They’ve got nothing in common.’
When you mean that something happens or is true ‘in most situations’, use in general: ‘In general,
parents about their children’s health than about their own.’ ‘Students In general have very little
money to spend on luxuries.’
2
There are so many things in common between us.
We have so many things in common.
Two or more people have (got) something in common: ‘We’ve moved in the same circles over the
last ten years and so we have a great deal in common.’
3
In Spain it is common that people turn up at your house without warning.
In Spain it is common for people to turn up at your house without warning.
it is common +for sb to do sth (NOT that): ‘IPS quite common for new fathers to feel jealous for
the first few weeks.’
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