Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Homerboy
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Common Michael? What's so common about him?
Just another version of "Come on"
No it isn't. Common is one word, come on is two words and in no definition of the word common does it mean to come along with or to root for.
Common (adjective)
1 a: of or relating to a community at large : public <work for the common good> b: known to the community <common nuisances>
2 a: belonging to or shared by two or more individuals or things or by all members of a group <a common friend> <buried in a common grave> b: belonging equally to two or more mathematical entities <triangles with a common base> c: having two or more branches <common carotid artery>
3 a: occurring or appearing frequently : familiar <a common sight> b: of the best known or most frequently seen kind ?used especially of plants and animals <the common housefly> c: vernacular 2 <common names>
4 a: widespread, general <common knowledge> b: characterized by a lack of privilege or special status <common people> c: just satisfying accustomed criteria : elementary <common decency>
5 a: falling below ordinary standards : second-rate b: lacking refinement : coarse
6: denoting nominal relations by a single linguistic form that in a more highly inflected language might be denoted by two or more different forms <common gender> <common case>
7: of, relating to, or being common stock
Common (noun)
1plural : the common people
2plural but sing in constr : a dining hall
3plural but sing or plural in constr often capitalized a: the political group or estate comprising the commoners b: the parliamentary representatives of the commoners c: house of commons
4: the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others
5: a piece of land subject to common use: as a: undivided land used especially for pasture b: a public open area in a municipality
6 a: a religious service suitable for any of various festivals b: ordinary 2
7: common stock
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