Can I use potential instead of potentially on that sentence.

[Polyester]

Meanwhile, he is under investigation for potentially disclosing classified information in his first book, about the Bin Laden raid.


Can I use potential instead of the word underlined in red?
Please correct me!

 

[MikeNewYork]

No. You need an adverb there.

 

[Polyester]

No. You need an adverb there.

I can't understand again.
Why did the sentence need the adverb?
I try to translate from English to Chinese, it doesn't make sense.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'... for the potential disclosing of classified information ...'
Is it OK to use the adjective 'potential' here?

I try to translate from English to Chinese, it doesn't make sense.

What doesn't make sense?

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[Raymott]

I don't get it either. But if you want to use the adjective, you'd have to say "for the potential disclosure of ..."
What I don't get is the 'potential' bit. He's under investigation for something he could potentially do? But he's already written the book. He's either disclosed the information or he hasn't.

 

[MikeNewYork]

The question is about whether the information was classified.

 

[Matthew Wai]

The people are investigating whether the information disclosed in his book is classified.
Is it correct?

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[MikeNewYork]

That is my take on it.

 

[Polyester]

The people are investigating whether the information disclosed in his book is classified.
Is it correct?

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The word underlined in red is verb? or can noun, can verb?

 

[Matthew Wai]

A past participle modifying a noun.

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[MikeNewYork]

It is a past participle that acts as an adjective. The participial phrase is a reduced clause "that is disclosed".

 

[Matthew Wai]

potentially
the word underlined in red

disclosed
The word underlined in red

There is no line under the words in red.

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