The phrase "all the proper things" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to everything that is considered appropriate or suitable in a given context.
Example: "In order to succeed in this project, we need to ensure that we do all the proper things to meet the requirements."
Alternatives: "everything necessary" or "all the right things".
They say all the proper things about fortitude and regrouping, but they look slow and stolid, with the exception of Kreider, Hagelin, and Lundqvist.
It was important that nothing extra be allowed to get on board (drugs, for example, or tanks) but that all the proper things (maps, food, cigarettes) did.
Russell might have smiled on the outside and said all the right things and done all the proper things a quarterback should do but a fire simmered inside.
Thoughts of Mrs. Read about her daughter, Claire who is a well-brought up young woman who has learned to know and do all the proper things a young lady should do.
By Louise Bogan The New Yorker, July 22 , 1933P. 21 Thoughts of Mrs. Read about her daughter, Claire who is a well-brought up young woman who has learned to know and do all the proper things a young lady should do.
"The computer automatically debits and credits the proper things, and all the bookkeeping is done at that time," Mr. Longo said.
"I'm healthier now than I've ever been before, because of the research, because of the education that I've received on the proper things to eat and the proper things to put into my body -- what can cause flare ups and what can't, and preventative measures and all of these things," he said.
Be careful to focus on the proper things.
Do we have the proper things we'll need (See the "Things You'll Need" section).
"After weighing all those opinions, we thought this was the proper thing to do," said John Idzik, the Jets' first-year general manager.
The proper thing for the mayor to do was express sympathy for the dead man's family and, at all costs, refrain from divisive rhetoric.
