Ella se mudó allí hace dos meses. Is this correct? The lesson says we can't use the preterite with hace + time.
using the preterite + hace
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using the preterite + hace

Hola Elvira,
this sentence is correct:
"Ella se mudó allí hace dos meses."
What we are saying at the end of the lesson is that you cannot use the Perfect tense (not the simple past tense = sometimes called the Preterite) with "hace ..... que ....", which is a different structure. So, for this same sentence you would say:
Ella se mudó hace dos meses. (correct)
She moved there 2 months ago.
Hace dos meses que ella se vive allí. (correct)
She has lived there for 2 months.
Hace dos meses que ella se mudó allí. (correct)
She moved there 2 months ago.
BUT
There is a lesson explaining the use of "hace + length of time" (without que)
Have a look here.
Saludos
Inma
using the preterite + hace
Ella se mudó allí hace dos meses. Is this correct? The lesson says we can't use the preterite with hace + time.
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