The phrase "able to acknowledge it" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's capacity or willingness to recognize or accept something, often in a context of understanding or admitting a fact or situation.
Example: "She is finally able to acknowledge it, and that is the first step towards healing."
Alternatives: "capable of recognizing it" or "willing to accept it."
But perhaps we should be able to acknowledge it, whether that means more toilet breaks for female tennis players or more attention paid to monthly cycles.
All this underscores a simple truth, and enough time has passed since Vietnam that we should be able to acknowledge it: Military intervention, even if it means lost innocent lives on both sides, can serve the most humanitarian of goals.
And as you know from the book, it wasn't until I was out that I started having real nightmares about that fear, and being able to acknowledge it, and that took a long time to sort out.
And despite the fact that I've likely had anxiety since I was a toddler, it's only in the last five years that I've been able to acknowledge it and start talking about it.
What he really meant was that our life should be aligned with the course of the universe, for the universe itself is guided by reason and there is no greater privilege for us than to be aware of the universal course, to be able to acknowledge it as reasonable and embrace it with a joyful heart.
In other words, in the context of nearly continuous negative attention, the University has not persuaded its critics (from within and outside the University) that it is interested in more than protecting its reputation and that it is instead open to feedback, able to acknowledge its errors, and will take responsibility for deficiencies and their consequences".
Lance was American, and though they had not been able to acknowledge him then, they had stored away their memory of him.
Especially on those days that suck, you need to be able to acknowledge that it sucks.
And you need to be able to acknowledge these things without it killing your idealism, your desire to make the world better.
This insight can help you feel more detached from the egregious behavior, more able to acknowledge the impact that it has on you and, therefore, less likely to act out from a hurt place.
If you make it daily practice to observe things and events without judging or forming an opinion, being able to acknowledge something without allowing it to annoy you will become easier with time.
