'can' vs 'could'

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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hi,

can somebody help the uses of following clauses

I can be the
I can’t be the
I can’t have
I can’t have been
I couldn’t have

I always confuse about this…

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Can is used to express the ability to do something.

e.g
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I doubt on “I can’t have been…”. I’ve never came across such sentence.

Regards,
Swapnil.

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e.g. ‘I can’t have been that careless’, which would suggest: it’s reasonable to think that I was not that careless (but actually I was careless with something at sometime).