[Grammar] It's two years since I (have) met him.

[sitifan]

1. It's two years since I met him. = I last met him two years ago.
2. It's two years since I have met him. = I haven't met him for two years.
(A New English Grammar, Second Edition, by Zhang Keli, page 135)

Do native speakers agree with the above equations?

 

[teechar]

1. It's two years since I met him.

OK, and you can also say "It's been two years since I (last) met him".

= I last met him two years ago.

Yes, that's what it means.

2. It's two years since I have met him.

I wouldn't use that one.

 

[Tdol]

I don't like the second and cannot really see the distinction the writer wishes to make.