I don't think so. "Good idea" can often refer to something which just pops into our heads, like an inspiration. "Good thinking!" logically suggests that the cognitive process might have been used. That is, we reason things

Someone not long ago claimed that we should use 'ask FOR directions' rather than 'ask directions'. What do you think? "Ask for directions" is ordinary proper English. "Ask directions" is a fairly common

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Hi, I'm trying to help a friend with one of her essays in linguistics. She needs to classify a large number (hundreds of thousands) of English words as, for instance, formal, informal, slang, vulgar, curse, colloquialism, abbreviation, etc.

I'm not sure this is actually directly an issue of ... grammatically correct English but never say "please" and "thank you". But would it still be proper English? I think that there is more to speaking a language than just

Some authorities believe that "face the music" comes from the ... any military would assemble a band to cashier an officer. Never underestimate the military love of ceremonial. And not just for officers