ركن النقاش حول المنهج وفنيات اللغه

[Essam ABDOU]

Dear colleagues:

Here's my opinion about the previous sentences (what hasn't been decided on yet):

Since I started the job two years ago, I've met important people from all over the world.

We can say: from around the world, though from all over the world seems also correct

I arrived (at / in) school late

We usually say at school but I think both are correct

He says that he had dreamed of climbing the mountain since he was a toddler

Grammatically speaking, there must be something wrong with the sentence for the following reasons:

Firstly, as a rule, says is not followed by Past Tenses

Secondly, since cannot be preceded by Past Tenses and cannot link two past actions, we can generally use when / after / before / as soon as / etc. instead;

My only solution is:
He says (now) that he has dreamed of climbing the mountain since he was a toddler.

Best Regards