The phrase "ability to affect a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity to influence or change something, typically in a specific context.
Example: "The ability to affect a positive change in the community is essential for effective leadership."
Alternatives: "capacity to influence a" or "power to impact a".
Porter saw Nagbe's ability to affect a game before most others did.
Studies show that various internal and external constraints inhibit an executive's ability to affect a company's performance.
Night reminds himself of Bob Dylan and Mr. Dylan's ability to affect a wide and diverse audience is very like Night's, according to the book.
Night reminds himself of Bob Dylan — and Mr. Dylan's ability to affect a wide and diverse audience is very like Night's, according to the book.
Yet that relatively modest proposal underscores the limits of the government's ability to affect a jobless recovery with the highest unemployment rate in 26 years — and Mr. Obama acknowledged as much.
The dates won Ms. Aimée critical praise for her ability to affect a variety of poses, from chanteuse to hip-hop practitioner — an ability, said the pianist Assaf Gleizner, who played with her at Birdland, that reflected extraordinary preparation and generosity of spirit.
It has also raised thorny questions about political science field research, which isn't uncommon, and its ability to affect an election.
Although siRNAs targeting individual Impα genes were also tested for the ability to affect MRTF-A nuclear accumulation, in no case did we observe significant inhibition of MRTF-A nuclear import (data not shown).
Dobson sent results before the agency could get them through the official channels and that had the ability to affect betting odds, a police prosecutor told a hearing last week.
It is a multifunctional molecule, with a unique ability to affect the bone metabolism in either a catabolic or an anabolic way.
An important advantage of PA PKI is its ability to affect PKA signaling in a subset of cells within a population.
