The phrase "ability to master a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's skill or potential to become proficient in a particular subject or activity.
Example: "Her ability to master a new language quickly impressed her teachers."
Alternatives: "capacity to excel at a" or "skill in mastering a".
An unrepentant Bennite, a label fatal to many a political career, he was widely respected for his ability to master a brief and his capacity for hard work.
And when Xunzi explicitly takes up this issue (in Book 23), he conflates the ability to initiate a new practice (such as pottery) with the ability to master a pre-existing practice.
She feels successful membership retention and donation lies in the ability to master a spiritual marketing system where synagogues offer both programs Jews can't get elsewhere in the community in addition to activities they can get outside of their religious community.
While both constructs aim at the belief in one's ability to master a certain task, perceived competence in SDT stresses the personal meaningfulness and importance of a task from which a person's need satisfaction depends on [ 30].
If you want a taste of living home alone, stepping into a dystopian past, or having the ability to master any instrument in an instant – then you've come to the right place.
This recovery was accompanied by a new understanding of man's ability to master nature and by a belief in his rational capacity to set his own moral course.
"He has an incredible ability to master the facts," said Barry R. Goldsmith, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and the former chief litigation counsel at the S.E.C. who has worked on cases alongside Mr. Ceresney.
Our results indicate that A. geoffroyi clearly outperforms Macaca nemestrina with regard to the speed of initial task acquisition and the ability to master transfer tasks, and shows a sensitivity to a food-related odorant which matches that of other primate species.
Mr. O'Neill, who says he graduated first in his class from the University of Texas law school and clerked for William H. Rehnquist when he was an associate justice, is known in the Houston legal community for a near-photographic memory and an ability to master complex facts and that have helped him win big trial judgments.
First-class training doesn't necessarily instill the ability to master different voices; it's a particular aptitude that comes more naturally to some than others.
Navigating an ever-changing terrain, Hahn showed a commendable willingness to tackle unusual challenges and a mesmerizing ability to master them.
