[Grammar] John said he hadn't met Jenny since he had left school.

[Son Ho]

Hi, everyone. Could you please check the second sentence? The past perfect tenses come before and after since. Is it correct?

1. " I haven't met Jenny since I left school", said John
2. John said he hadn't met Jenny since he had left school.

 

[tedmc]

No. Since he left school.

 

[emsr2d2]

1. "I haven't met Jenny since I left school", said John.
2. John said he hadn't met Jenny since he had left school.

Note my corrections to the spacing and punctuation in sentence #1 above. I find the use of "met" there a little unnatural. I'd use "seen". I might use "met up with" too.

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, it is correct.

 

[Son Ho]

Yes, it is correct.

We can't use since we left school, can we?

 

[emsr2d2]

We can't use "... since we left school", can we?

If you and Jenny left the same school at the same time, you can use that.