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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Ability/capacity

If I want to say that I like the way he concentrates on something he enjoys. Would I say I like his ability to concentrate, or rather I like his capacity for concentrating.
  

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Ability sounds natural to my ears. Usually it is can or cannot concentrate on something. So naturally goes the word 'can'.

— Andrei

  • Ability sounds natural to my ears.
  • Usually it is can or cannot concentrate on something.
  • So naturally goes the word 'can'.
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Ability sounds natural to my ears. Usually it is can or cannot concentrate on something. So naturally goes the word 'can'.
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'Ability' and 'capacity' have some difference in meaning, but I'd say that either is ok in that sentence. This is only a personal opinion, though.
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What I see in maj's query here is maybe a bit different!

Let me guess what maj is trying to achieve here.

Let’s say that you like some one’s way of doing things. And you have two reasons as to why you like what he is doing - just like what maj has said.

One because he concentrates on thing that he does and two because he enjoys the thing that he does. The problem a
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Excuse me guys ! may I do some correction here I would like to re write the sentence as follow: X is so cute. He really enjoys doing things he likes or he is really enjoying doing things he like.

Any way, the dream has not come yet so I'll keep doing some mistake until then.
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