No! It's not an American quirk.

…e changes are Americanisms. The Writing Cooperative changed ‘reach your potential’ to ‘potentials’. Is that even a word? Not in the UK it isn’t. I changed it back. Then I saw ‘potentials’ in another post and concluded it …
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Janice Harayda
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Aug 25, 2021
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No! It's not an American quirk. I've been a staff editor at several major U.S. publications, and you were right: It's "potential," not "potentials."
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Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.
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