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The phrase "affected the ability" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how a certain factor has influenced someone's or something's capacity to perform a task or function.
Example: "The recent changes in policy have significantly affected the ability of employees to work from home effectively."
Alternatives: "impacted the capacity" or "influenced the capability."
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In summary, our simulated tDCS intervention thus affected the ability to base decisions on the relative expected value.
None of these modifications affected the ability of GcvB to control OppA expression.
Delays in the notification of illness may have affected the ability of the investigation to identify the reason for the norovirus contamination Source: The Health Protection Agency.
Over 90% of 200 charity and council homeless agencies surveyed said that benefit sanctions had affected the ability of young people to access accommodation.
We showed that the 'drought' simulation was the dominant factor altering DOC release and affected the ability to remove DOC.
This temporarily affected the ability to receive messages but was resolved the same evening, with no loss of messages or other impact on CUIMC email accounts.
Age affected the ability to taste bitterness.
It's affected the ability and the fluidity of him in shooting.
Also, CD8 lymphocyte depletion significantly affected the ability to generate SIV Gag-specific CD4 T-cell responses and neutralizing antibodies.
The outages this morning affected the ability to use personal pickup in order to snag iPad minis ordered online.
Finally, modulating the expression of yhaM via deletion or overexpression drastically affected the ability of the cells to produce cysteine.
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