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Discover LudwigThe phrase "abilities was to" is not correct in written English.
It contains a subject-verb agreement error, as "abilities" is plural and should be paired with "were" instead of "was."
Example: "The abilities were to adapt quickly and learn new skills."
Alternatives: "skills were to" or "capabilities were to".
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As Snow shows, one of Suschitzky's great abilities was to service idiosyncratic vision; another example was the oddball Les Bicyclettes de Belsize, a whimsical French-style musical shot in Hampstead.
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One of my abilities is to make balls from the back.
Basic sewing and crafting abilities are to be utilized on items you obtain.
His audience laughed at them, but Letterman's most endearing ability was to laugh at himself.
Beckett's miraculous ability was to reduce all description until he reached the thing described.
"The real ability is to serve it up.
Asomugha's primary ability is to force quarterbacks to improvise.
In my opinion, his biggest ability is to take the ball very early".
"I thought, 'Why not work with people whose main ability is to communicate?' " he recalled.
What if that ability were to be lost?
Cognitive ability is to be assessed by scales of narration, description, exposition, argumentation, instruction and interaction.
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