OG12- 120 ability的用法

georgina1107

A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims 【from a one-page writing sample that it can assess】 more than 300 personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.
(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can
assess
(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability
of assessing
(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample,
of assessing
(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample,
to assess
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing
sample
答案是D. OG解释C的错误在于wordy. the ability of accessing. 这里的原则是不是动词形式>动名词形式？

piacia

ability to do sth固定用法

danni423

of+-ing always wrong,
because,using verb in text is more vivid than using other formal of verb.

hangtianyuan

You can say "someone has the ability to sing", but you cannot say "someone has the ability of singing". The usage is very simple, so just memorize it