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But the articles for Stylus and Pen both use the term "writing utensil" showing the actual commonness of the term, even by Wikipedia users. This bias towards Writing Implement on Google comes from the algorythmn using Wikipedia to canonically group synonyms. But other search engines like Bing don't have this bias. So, if you search on Bing you get 278,000 results for writing utensil which is more than the 185,000 results you get for writing implement which is what Wikipedia redirects you to.
@Lambie That is because Wikipedia redirects "writing utensil" to "writing implement" to reduce redundant articles. When Wikipedia does this, it means they have multiple articles and merge them into whatever article happens to be most complete, not necessarily the most widely used term. The original page en.wikipedia.org/w/… was lacking content so it was merged into the writing implement page as a synonym.
@Lambie Might be more regional then. I wanted to double check my assumptions; so, last night I asked a few people I know to complete the sentence "Pens and pencils are examples of a writing ___." and all 5 people answered "utensil"... not exactly a publication worthy sample size, but I think it proves the point that at least it belongs to an established dialect, and not just some weird thing that only I say.
@Lambie Writing instrument, writing implement, & writing utensil are all correct terms, though some regions may consider one term more preferred than another. For example, British English considers utensil to exclusively be a kitchen or domestic tool, but American English is a different. The Merriam Webster dictionary definition #2 is "a useful tool or implement" and specifically uses "Writing utensil" as the example given of this non-kitchen use of the word. But thanks for raising this concern. I'll go ahead and revise the question to better account for different English dialects.
@LPH Ah, I get what you are saying. "precinct house" or "precinct station" being the proper name for the building since precinct is technically the territory overseen by a given precinct station.
While not a perquisite of the OP, this is probably my favorite answer for literary reasons specifically because they are not really used anymore. Words like pig pin and cop shop may have been used that long ago, but they are still common enough today that they don't imply any feelings of being in a historical setting. But calli/crummy sound like you are talking from an older era, and would fit very well if your character is a bit of an older guy.
@LPH I would not even call it colloquial per say. It is the formal name for a police "district", in places that use the precinct system. Precincts and Districts are much like Counties and Parishes. While more or less the same thing, you could live in New York County, and Orleans Parish is still called a Parish and not a County because that is its formal name. Likewise, you could live NOPD 1st District, and NYPD 1st Precinct is still called a Precinct, because that is its formal name. These titles carry over no matter where your speaker is from.
@Showsni I believe it is because "Bad" in this case is not your opinion of the wolf, but his purpose in the story. Similar phrases like "dark and stormy night" follow the same scheme where understanding that the wolf is bad or the night is stormy is pivotal to understanding the role of that thing in your narrative.
Intelligent is a complicated word because it has so many different meanings based on context. Do you mean having strong reasoning skills or having a wide and/or deep knowledge base, or being apt at learning new things?
While other answers might be technically correct, I think this one is the best because it is the word you would expect to be used in the example sentence. "Critical Thinking" and having a "Critical Mind" are common expressions in business jargon.
