Is "by" omitted in this sentence?
"The first thousand people to sign up using the link in the description will get their first two months free." This is a sentence from a sponsored Youtube video. I saw it and wrote it down.

I think the full sentence would be "The first thousand people to sign up BY using the link in the description will get their first two months free."

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Is "by" omitted in this sentence?
"The first thousand people to sign up using the link in the description will get their first two months free."  This is a sentence from a sponsored Youtube video. I saw it and wrote it down.

I think the full sentence would be "The first thousand people to sign up BY using the link in the description will get their first two months free."

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Hi 
You do not need to us BY in this sentence.

Alan

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You can use 'by', but it doesn't sound or read as good.

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So, is it incorrect to use "by" here?

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It's correct without 'by'.  :)

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