"is a common experience" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is shared or regularly encountered by many people. Example: "Dealing with anxiety before a big presentation is a common experience for many professionals."
Changing one's mind as ideas develop is a common experience.
I suspect this is a common experience for those who have left their homeland.
Overhearing cell phone conversations and seeing someone's screen as you walk by is a common experience.
This is a common experience for travellers who cross time zones who find themselves pole-axed by jet-lag.
It is a common experience for journalists covering low-intensity conflicts to see masses of civilians running from the mere rumor of far-off attacks.
Hers is a common experience, unfortunately, due to lack of labeling, and lack of education for most people who are new to it or revisiting it.
Being detained by police or threatened by mobs is a common experience for journalists – and especially photographers – when reporting near large crowds.
It is a common experience with normal dosages of an anesthetic, however, that, while pain sensation may be lost, motor function is not impaired.
Falling through the system's gaps and loopholes is a common experience for claimants, but it is not widely understood by those who have not experienced its bewildering and leviathan complexity.
"Though new to us, the doctors say this is a common experience given the great mental, emotional and physical shock his body has gone through in these last two weeks.
It is a common experience, if only in nightmares.Leaving it to the imaginationLucille Fletcher was one of the women writers who have come to dominate the mystery genre in the United States and Europe; some say she was the best.
