ひろ子のヒントのおかげで、私はいいアイデアを思いつけた。（Incorrect) Thanks to Hiroko's suggestion, I was able to come up with a good idea.
ひろ子のヒントのおかげで、私はいいアイデアを思いつくことができた。（Correct） Thanks to Hiroko's suggestion, I was able to come up with a good idea.
You usually cannot use the word "思いつける" as a potential verb, so you have to use "思いつくことができる" as shown above. One would expect the potential form of つく (付く) to be つける (付ける), but つける is a transitive verb, so it is not used as the potential form of つく.
The same rule is applied to the verb "向く," since "向ける" is also a transitive verb.
ひろ子のヒントのおかげで、私はいいアイデアを思いつくことができた。（Correct） Thanks to Hiroko's suggestion, I was able to come up with a good idea.
You usually cannot use the word "思いつける" as a potential verb, so you have to use "思いつくことができる" as shown above. One would expect the potential form of つく (付く) to be つける (付ける), but つける is a transitive verb, so it is not used as the potential form of つく.
The same rule is applied to the verb "向く," since "向ける" is also a transitive verb.
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