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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a very common means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a method or way that is frequently employed or widely accepted in a particular context.
Example: "Using social media for marketing has become a very common means of reaching potential customers."
Alternatives: "a widely used method" or "a prevalent way".
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Surveys are a very common means of obtaining information.
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Hitch-hiking is not a very common or very safe means of travel.
This mistake, a very common one among the professional writers I edit, means a phrase that should have been in parallel structure somehow fell short.
"It's a very common term and people colloquially understand what they mean by it," he says.
A very common way to cover such substrates with Cd is by means of electrodeposition.
A very common problem in applied statistics is that of comparing the means of several populations.
Contrary to a very common misperception, the one with the E in the middle doesn't mean to eschew or to do without.
Continuous lying down and getting up, circling, is a very common response seen in many forms of colic, and doesn't always mean a twist is occurring.
A very common approach could be to examine the difference between radon peak and the mean value of the radon concentration for a few months or a year.
As another means of audio source modeling and separation, nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) [22, 23] has been a very common approach during the last decade.
There is a very common expression in French, which is almost a direct translation: Faites comme chez vous; when they say it they mean it.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com