sravnatestprep wrote:
"potentially" need not indicate future. It could also mean something that has the capacity at present. Native speakers should correct me on this.
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the present is NOW. In this precise second;
Potentially could happen in the next second to the infinite in terms of projection in the future. maybe in 3 billion years.
So from a semantic and philosophical standing point, potentially is only in the future that will happen.