English is a funny old language, ain't it? In what other tongue do you routinely send shipments by car and cargo by ship? Or park on a driveway, but drive on a parkway? Why is abbreviation such a long word? Why is the English alphabet in alphabetical order? Does it have anything to do with that silly song? Why is reckless driving punished while wreck-less driving is rewarded? Is there any word that rhymes with orange? And don't even get me started about our fascination with turning nouns into verbs. Let's just table that discussion for now.

Finally, why does the word common not have a common definition? On the one hand, you have common sense, which we all know is anything but. On the other, you have common mistakes, which most certainly are.

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