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If you don't A; the condition B will remain the same.
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      こと   おいしい  どうか       
I won't know if it's delicious unless I try it.
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  ページ      こと    この ページ    できない  
Until you read that page, you won't understand this page.
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         やらない こと      できない  
Failure is terrifying, but if you don't try, you will never succeed.
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              しない こと           
If we don't all work together on the project this time, it won't go well.

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AVerb: ない form
 
Aな-adjective ない
 
ANoun ない
 
Aい-adjective -い ない
 
 
こと~BVerb: ない form
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まことまじま
Level: 432
(3 years ago)
Unless something is done or occurs, event following will not happen. Negatives are used in clause following. Often expresses the speaker's passive feelings
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mireille
Level: 1
I-adjective (-い) + くないことには
Noun + で + ないことには
Na-adjective + で + ないことには
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 261
Thanks!
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mireille
Level: 1
The constructions I posted previously aren't correct.
According to Unicom it's

ない form verb + ことには
Noun + でないことはない
I-adjective (-い) + くないことには
Na-adjective + でないことはない

But the example sentences they provided are:

あなたのち、からないことはないんだけど…。
なしでめないことはないのですが、ちょっとみづらいんです。
べないこともないんですが、あまりきじゃないんです。
このくないことはないんですが、ひとつですね。

The grammar point is also called ないことはない ・ ないこともない, so the construction doesn't really seem to match with the rest.
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マイコー
Level: 261
Yea, that's a different construction. That one means 'as long as [A] isn't done], and the one you posted means 'to some small extent/amount [A]' http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=grammar/individual&id=152
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Lang_learner
Level: 1
Is this grammar used in common speech? Thanks is advance! :D
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11 years ago
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できるだけ
Level: 28
No, I don't hear this one much.
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11 years ago
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Lang_learner
Level: 1
@できるだけ, thanks!
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