The phrase "ability of a reader" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the skills or competencies that a reader possesses, particularly in relation to understanding or interpreting text.
Example: "The ability of a reader to analyze complex texts is crucial for academic success."
Alternatives: "reader's skill" or "reader's capability".
In 2005, Sistrom and Honeyman-Buck attempted to identify whether the format of a radiology report (independent of its content) had any effect on the ability of a reader to extract information of relevance to patient care.
In addition, the researchers concluded that the ability of a reader to become absorbed in a story was related their ability to feel empathy.
Several such approaches were described without elaboration, challenging the ability of a reader who is not familiar with this terminology to fully understand or appreciate the methods.
Thus, it is a principle of interpretability related to a given communicational situation and to the ability of the reader to interpret the meaning of the text.
A recurring theme of the feedback was the ability of the reader to relate to the stories and identify with the characters, which has been identified as a key factor for stories to be effective [ 20, 23].
These spatial adjustments were based on anatomical landmarks and thus based on the ability of the reader to correctly match the two imaging modalities.
Essential revisions: It was felt that the figures needed to be significantly clarified to improve the ability of the reader to derive the messages.
In many of the papers we reviewed, the methods were incompletely described, limiting the ability of the reader to reproduce the test conditions or to critically interpret the results of these studies.
Since the rise of online advertising, there has been more of a focus on the ability of the print media to engage readers in general, Mr. Sawyer said, than on the ability of a print ad "to engage the individual" reader.
One key feature is the ability of paying readers to get a refund on any story if they didn't like what they read, although they are required to specify why they want a refund (and presumably refund abusers would soon be kicked off).
Never underestimate the ability of Guardian readers to come up with an eclectic list of tracks for any given subject.
