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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Grammar explanation and puzzling sentence

I came across the sentence: A blockchain system can, for instance, release money from escrow once one party to a contract transfers a deed.

I have no idea what "once" means here and the word "transfers" seems strange to me because I suppose the words after "to" should be a phrase rather than a sentence

  

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once here means ' as soon as '. transfer here means 'give possession of something to someone els e'. A blockchain system can .

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  • once here means ' as soon as '.
  • transfer here means 'give possession of something to someone els e'.
  • A blockchain system can .
  • .
  • release money .
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once here means 'as soon as'.

transfer here means 'give possession of something to someone else'.


A blockchain system can . . . release money . . . as soon as one person . . . transfers a deed to someone else.

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