we have been given a time span by which we have to submit claims with the payer.

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1) We have been given a time span by which we have to submit claims with the payer.


2) We have been given a time span by the end of which we have to submit claims with the payer.

Please check my sentences. Is it correct to use "By" the way I did in the first sentence?
 

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We have been given a time [STRIKE]span[/STRIKE] frame [STRIKE]by which we have[/STRIKE] to submit claims [STRIKE]with[/STRIKE] to the payer.

A time span is a length of time. You are talking about a fixed period in time, from one date to another.
 

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We have been given a time [STRIKE]span[/STRIKE] frame [STRIKE]by which we have[/STRIKE] to submit claims [STRIKE]with[/STRIKE] to the payer.

A time span is a length of time. You are talking about a fixed period in time, from one date to another.

So we can't use "By" with it. Am I correct?

Can we say "We have been given a time span by the end of which we have to submit claims with the payer"?
 

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1) We have been given a time span by which we have to submit claims with the payer.:cross:


2) We have been given a time span by the end of which we have to submit claims with the payer.:tick:

Please check my sentences. Is it correct to use "By" the way I did in the first sentence?
"By" is used correctly. "Span" is a duration, not a point in time, so the sentence doesn't work.
 
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