Re: potential urge 'urge' is a noun, so 'potential' is being used as an adjective. As such, it means:
"having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future."
So - with 'urge' as a noun meaning "a strong desire or impulse", then it says:
"having or showing the capacity to become or develop into a strong desire or impulse." !!!
It's like saying:
He has absolutely no evident desire or impulse to do anything at the moment - but there is the seed of an urge. This makes a person look absolutely lazy, indolent, and slothful. Without an 'urge' a 'desire', the motivation, we do nothing...and just having the 'potential' to have an urge is practically the same: until that potential is realized, and some urge begins to drive and motivated the person, they will still sit there doing nothing.
In effect, this is a really, really badly phrased sentence, that as it stands, can't be salvaged with a tweak(=improve by making fine adjustments to it). It needs rewording. Where did you read it?
A person has the potential to achieve...; and the ability to accomplish...
Last edited by David L.; 16-Sep-2008 at 21:31.
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