She had saved up...

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She had saved up...

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Hello there, my student wrote:

She had saved up money for her skin care products.

This sounds incorrect to me. Am I understanding correctly why?

The sentence would be correct if she used additional information refering to a point up in the past for example:

She had saved up money for her skin care products by the time she started the training.

So her sentence should just be past simple: She saved up money for her skin care product. No need for had.

Am I correct? Thanks for the help!
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(Unless the 'by the time'-type phrase is contextually implied) yes.
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