The phrase "a common mind" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe a collective agreement between two or more people, or a shared opinion or outlook. For example: "We all had a common mind on the issue and agreed to move forward with the project."
"Warren and I are of a common mind," he said.
Legally independent, they sought by consultation to avoid overlapping and to develop a common mind.
"Unless the church comes to a common mind about whether the Bible is the basis on which we understand everything, we won't be able to come together.
The Eastern Orthodox churches detect a "common mind of the fathers" (consensus patrum), which allows for some variety of contribution and emphasis among the Fathers.
"Looking back, long after his death, our way of living seems like a miracle, one that could only be achieved by the silent synchronisation of the jewels and gears of a common mind".
In 1936, he wrote, "I've known for years that he had a common mind and liked second-rate people, and I am sure it is a good thing for England that he abdicated".
Now, it is far more common to hear Indians — and especially Indian entrepreneurs — talk about a "common mind-set," and a shared commitment to democracy and capitalism.
Some, notwithstanding the ovation in St Patrick's last Monday, would even like a softer line on abortion.Enough of a common mind-set remains that when Rudolph Giuliani (another pro-choice Catholic politician) last year denounced a painting of the Virgin incorporating elephant dung, his approval rating jumped from 60% to 80% among white Catholics.
In the second half of the 1990s, research and practical results in the fields of OOP, design patterns, automated testing, refactoring, and the like, produced a common mind-set that drove the definition of multiple software development methods that had the core agile principles in common [13, 28].
The individualism, however, that has characterized modernity and to which Protestantism itself has contributed makes it harder to speak of an authoritative "common mind" in the Protestant communities at large.
