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22nd March 19, 01:41 PM
#11
 Originally Posted by Pleater
I think it is to differentiate the use of the word.
Common can be derogatory so possibly the use of commonest is to move the meaning towards frequent - as in 'the commonest description was his behaving like a common little oik'.
Anne the Pleater
How true and bravo Anne for the perspective.
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