The phrase "actual skill" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a person's genuine or real abilities in a particular area or field.
Example: "Her actual skill in painting was evident in the stunning artwork she created."
Alternatives: "true ability" or "genuine talent."
We have learned increasingly what interventions can actually increase human ability, and, secondly, the multiplicity of ability that characterize the actual skill acquisition process.
Sheila: With my actual skill set I'd be an office manager staring at databases all day.
The casting and editing give dramatic force to the unfolding drama, and the contests require actual skill and endurance.
"Simpler" books are the foundation upon which students build a lifelong habit of reading and further the actual skill of reading for longer and stronger periods of time.
This was to be expected with painting and drawing — things requiring actual skill — but even my later, conceptual pieces were unconvincing.
It continued: If the goal is to support oneself, and one's eventual family, there are better options, and ones that leave a young person with an actual skill.
Its performers all have quirks, gimmicks, senses of humour - personalities, in short - that transcend their actual skills.
He was also a strong proponent of testing actual skills, not merely education, and emphasized the importance of requiring continuing education for licensed professionals to ensure their competence.
"Not at all," he says, joking that he couldn't do it himself if he tried: "You have to remember that I have no actual skills".
Real-time data on the actual skills of job seekers doesn't exist.
The skills gap really exists in two dimensions; the gap in actual skills obtained by students relative to the job they want, and the gap in a person's perceived skills relative to their actual skills.
