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could not …without

English translation: If we did not have the waiver, it would not be possible (for all practical purposes) to conduct...

02:55 Aug 23, 2019
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English term or phrase: could not …without
the research could not practicably be conducted without the waiver


I think my interpretations are correct though, I am not confident. Would you provide me some explanation about　double negation ?　
Mami Yamaguchi
Japan
Local time: 18:50
Selected answer:If we did not have the waiver, it would not be possible (for all practical purposes) to conduct...
Explanation:
... the research.

It just means the waiver was essential in order to carry out the research.
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Joshua Parker
Mexico
Local time: 02:50
Grading comment
Thank you so much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +7If we did not have the waiver, it would not be possible (for all practical purposes) to conduct...
Joshua Parker
5Without the waiver, the research could not
Charlesp


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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
If we did not have the waiver, it would not be possible (for all practical purposes) to conduct...


Explanation:
... the research.

It just means the waiver was essential in order to carry out the research.

Joshua Parker
Mexico
Local time: 02:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you so much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
3 hrs
neutral  Mark Robertson: Your explanation is correct, but why did you add "(for all practical purposes)"? It is not in the source text.
3 hrs
agree  Daryo: "practically" IS THERE => theoretically / in principle we could do this research even without this waiver, but it wouldn't be practically/realistically feasible (as in: you could do without a car, you could theoretically walk 100 km every day ...)
5 hrs
agree  B D Finch
5 hrs
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
11 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
12 hrs
agree  Liane Lazoski
13 hrs
agree  Charlesp: yep
2 days 3 hrs
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2 days 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Without the waiver, the research could not


Explanation:
Restated:

Without the waiver, the research could not practicably be conducted.

(simply changing the sentence structure, makes it clear)

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 11:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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