Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(5)
The phrase "ability to take up" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity or capability to engage in or accept a task, responsibility, or opportunity.
Example: "Her ability to take up new challenges has impressed her colleagues."
Alternatives: "capacity to accept" or "capability to undertake".
Exact(59)
Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which already includes one proton and so has a limited ability to take up more.
He's not very deep intellectually, but he has a fantastic ability to take up and absorb good ideas.
The good news first: A new paper suggests that the earth's ability to take up carbon has not yet begun to weaken.
"With El Nino, the ocean essentially caps off it's ability to take up heat so the concentrations are growing fast as warmer land areas release carbon.
Stanley was shocked; she'd never considered that her body might be a hindrance to her ability to take up any form of physical activity.
This may limit their ability to take up extra income generation opportunities.
Once the forests mature, their ability to take up more carbon will diminish.
Thus, it is clear the ability to take up, and thus to deliver, nutrition varies significantly between GC patients.
The advantage of using a wheat straw is its good availability and its ability to take up water from waterweed.
Hence, the level of nutrition it provides is a time-varying estimate of the patient-specific ability to take up glucose.
Muscle has the ability to take up and express engineered genes and, because it is a post-mitotic tissue, their half-life of expression is prolonged.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com