I’m not sure I understand—why would he deny that the beggar’s failure to claim so would make him less likely to be homeless? I have trouble imagining how the conversation you’re describing went.
make him less likely to be homeless?
Uh, I mixed up a less likely and a more likely. Corrected.
In that case:
He said more likely, but after that he denied that the beggar’s failure to claim so would make him more likely to be a homeless.
… the first bit should probably be “He said less likely”, in which case what you say makes much more sense.
I’m not sure I understand—why would he deny that the beggar’s failure to claim so would make him less likely to be homeless? I have trouble imagining how the conversation you’re describing went.
Uh, I mixed up a less likely and a more likely. Corrected.
In that case:
… the first bit should probably be “He said less likely”, in which case what you say makes much more sense.