diff --git a/xml2xslt.xsl b/xml2xslt.xsl
index 090182b..dd2da33 100755
--- a/xml2xslt.xsl
+++ b/xml2xslt.xsl
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	<xsl:template match="template">
 		<xsl-out:template>
 			<!-- Much easier to just copy all attributes across verbatim rather -->
-			<!-- than copying named attributes, because we might want to use -->
+			<!-- than copying specific named attributes, because we might want to use -->
 			<!-- attributes that weren't originally anticipated. -->
 			<!-- Might this be a problem in future? -->
 			<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@
 <!-- 			<xsl:if test="@match"> -->
 <!-- 				<xsl:attribute name="match"><xsl:value-of select="@match"/></xsl:attribute> -->
 <!-- 			</xsl:if> -->
+			<!-- Copy across code that is common to all formats. -->
+			<xsl:copy-of select="common/node()"/>
+			<!-- Copy across code that is specific to the current format. -->
 			<xsl:copy-of select="*[name(.)=$format]/node()"/>
 			<!-- <xsl:copy-of select="node()"/> -->
 			<!--