Since I linked to a dictionary showing that "inability" is valid word... Someone who is unable to do something has the inability to do that thing.
"Inability" is a valid and correct word. The only grammatical error I see is that he should have written: As indefinite articles are largely silly aspects of English, I am willing to let that slide.
The stupidity is all on your part. You are incorrect, I have already given a link to one dictionary validating the word, and you could Google a multitude of others. Your abysmal lack of vocabulary does not make you right.
* * * * NOTE FROM THE MODERATOR TO OLI AND SCIFES * * * * Please stop feuding. I'm not even quite sure what the problem is, but it's certainly not serious enough to merit tossing around words like "stupid" in a place of scholarship. "Inability," like "ability," can take a definite or indefinite article, but it can also be used as a commodity noun like "love" or "water" with no article. The sentence, "The latter [statement] is inability to accept the concept," does indeed have a flaw or two, but there's nothing wrong with it grammatically. The problem is that the sentence itself is an expression of inability (or the inability), but it is not itself inability (or the inability.) That's a pretty subtle error by today's standards, and it is definitely one of form, not comprehensibility. I might not bother to correct it, depending on the formality of the document I'm editing.
-=- sciforums SciForums.com : World : History Roll Of The Supreme Court In The USA sciforums SciForums.com : Science : General Science & Technology Faster than light with quantum entaglement I propose a rule that if a thread title is misspelled, the poster must state English is their 2nd language, they cannot use Google to quickly find the correct spelling and/or proclaim "I am not smarter than a 5th grader".
"Assless chaps". This has become common, and really annoys me. It's like saying "legless shorts". Chaps, by definition, have no ass, and are meant to be worn over trousers.
The thoughtlessness it betrays annoys me. If people gave even a little thought to the words coming out of their mouths, they would not say such things.
-=- I hate missing words : Remote for remote control. Discrimination for unfair discrimination. Taking advantage of instead of taking unfair/undue advantage. Anniversary for wedding anniversary. Birthday for birthday anniversary.
Seriously. You actually force yourself to say "birthday anniversary" every time the term comes up? Even though "the anniversary of a birth" is a perfectly acceptable definition for the word "birthday?"