"I could've have let him stay in the street, right?" VS

[B45]

My friend got kicked out of his place by his wife. And I let him stay at my house. And I say to my wife:

"I couldn't have let him stay in the street, right?" VS

"I Couldn't let him stay in the street."

Are both okay here?

 

[emsr2d2]

Are you sure you meant to start your first suggestion with "I could've have ..."?

 

[B45]

Are you sure you meant to start your first suggestion with "I could've have ..."?

Sorry, that was a typo:

"I couldn't have let him stay in the street, right?"

Are both useable?

 

[Jaskin]

Hi,
Please note I'm not a teacher nor a native speaker.

Usually in that context the phrase is living on the streets.
Please don't take my comment as implying that your version is incorrect.

Cheers.

 

[emsr2d2]

That's what I thought. You don't need a capital "c" on "couldn't" in the second example. However, they're both usable. Note that a more natural ending would be "could I?"

I couldn't leave him out on the street, could I?
I couldn't have left him out on the street, could I?

Note that in BrE, we say that a homeless person is "on the street(s)", not "in the street".

 

[B45]

That's what I thought. You don't need a capital "c" on "couldn't" in the second example. However, they're both usable. Note that a more natural ending would be "could I?"

I couldn't leave him out on the street, could I?
I couldn't have left him out on the street, could I?

Note that in BrE, we say that a homeless person is "on the street(s)", not "in the street".

Should I change it to:

I couldn't leave him out in the street, could I?
I couldn't have left him out in the street, could I?

 

[emsr2d2]

Since I just told you that in BrE "on the streets" is more natural, I am unlikely to suggest that you use "in the street". Did you perhaps mean to put the word "out" in bold? That was the word I added which did not appear in your originals.