The phrase "ability to keep it" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's capacity to maintain or retain something, whether it be a skill, a secret, or an object.
Example: "Her ability to keep it under wraps until the right moment was impressive."
Alternatives: "capacity to maintain it" or "skill in retaining it".
A candidate's ability to keep it real is something all of the evangelicals I spoke to mentioned, especially when it comes to nominating a supreme court justice.
Given that "Untold Scandal" is, like its predecessor, an epic story of spreading displeasure, the director's ability to keep it from feeling petty is a major feat.
Since we spend 46.9% of our days with our minds wandering away from a task at hand, we crave the ability to keep it fixed and on task.
Altered anatomy from trauma, surgery, or congenital conditions has an impact on the bolus path, ability to clear the bolus, and ability to keep it out of the nose and airway.
A10 NEW YORK/REGION B1-8 Serious Crime Is Down As Optimism Beats Anxiety Many New Yorkers said that they were aware of news about crime in the city but that they were confident in the city's ability to keep it under control.
Ms. Kessler, who owns a financial planning firm here and lives in Wayne, said she was seeking foundation or corporate funding for Catherine's Closet, which after just one year has grown beyond her her ability to keep it an all-volunteer effort.
That's not because we had some masterplan, it's just that, on PC, we had the ability to keep taking it in whatever direction made sense to our customers.
And with tuition already out of reach for many folks, I don't think there's much ability to keep raising it".
Laurence H. Sloan, the man who created Standard & Poor's, said it back in 1931: An unbeatable combination is a stock with a hefty payout and an ability to keep raising it.
You know, the No. 1 requirement for being a syndicated daily cartoonist is the ability to keep doing it forever, until you die.
The guarantee now terminates at an earlier time instead of providing the ability of Bear to keep it out there for one year.
