The phrase "ability and determination" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone's qualities or characteristics, particularly in the context of achieving goals or overcoming challenges.
Example: "Her ability and determination to succeed in her career have inspired many of her colleagues."
Alternatives: "skill and resolve" or "capability and perseverance."
She simply proved herself superior in energy, ability and determination to her male colleagues.
"Any player with ability and determination can succeed in the NFL".
They underestimated the ability and determination of the president and Congress to shift the agenda leftward.
Their response will tell us more about the ability and determination of these panels to scrutinise PCCs' work.
If she wasn't so photogenic or flaxen-haired, more people would be aware that she has the ability and determination.
Not all opportunity should be predicated on skin color, Mr. Castaneda said; a person's ability and determination are still the primary ingredients for success.
"When [Aron] Gunnarsson hit the bar with the last effort of the tie [in extra time] I did wonder whether it would happen for us but I always had great belief in my players' ability, spirit and determination.
"Miss Macpherson is confident in the ability and the determination of the DPP, the police and information commissioner to ensure that appropriate and proportionate action is taken to prevent any further abuse".
As national clinical director for children, responsible for the children's national service framework, he has shown the ability and the determination to make a real difference to children's lives.
It nonetheless recognises the substantial political abilities and powerful determination Haakon must have had in order to progress from the difficult position in which he started his reign.
I am constantly amazed, as well as humbled, by the energy and resilience displayed by children with disabilities, who time and again -- show us and remind us of their extraordinary abilities and tireless determination.
