How Common is that Common Land?

How often do you hear someone say that such-and-such a thing is true because ‘everyone knows it's true'?

Only one of the following statements about common land is true. Can you work out which one it is?

1. Common land is owned by everyone
2. Common land is owned by no-one
3. Horses can be ridden anywhere on a common
4. Motor cycles can be ridden anywhere on a common
5. Everyone has the right to remove wood from commons
6. Only people living on a common have the right to remove wood
7. People living on a common have the right to drive over the common to reach their home
8. Commons pre-date Parliament and probably the monarchy
9. Anyone living on a common has the right to keep animals on the common
10. Any person has a right to enter common land
11. All commons are Sites of Special Scientific Interest

(The answer can be found on our new letters page.)