on sale by August vs on sale on August

Both phrases are not correct as they are missing a key element. The preposition 'for' is needed to indicate the duration of the sale. A correct phrase would be 'on sale by August' or 'on sale in August'.

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on sale by August

This phrase is not correct. It is missing the preposition 'for' or 'in' to indicate the duration of the sale.

The correct phrase should be 'on sale by August' or 'on sale in August' to indicate when the sale will take place.

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Food supplements have a long shelf-life (generally three years), and when stocks are high, businesses cannot guarantee that retailers would be able to sell all the products on sale before 1 August 2005.
Following the takeover by NLMK, Viz Stal has voluntarily reported its sales since August 2006 under the framework of the undertaking.
This decision had material force only in the share sale agreement of 29 August 2000 between the Greek State and Mytilineos.
Furthermore, it should be noted that, even if such a long review investigation period was selected and the single sale of August 2001 included, this single sale would not constitute a representative basis for the assessment of dumping and the establishment of an individual dumping margin.
On 29 January 2005 the first tickets were put on sale by the concert organiser, Clear Channel, at a maximum price of 85 euros.
With regard to Amendments Nos 70, 73 and 74, it is my opinion that the agreements on sale by auction would give the producer better opportunities in terms of market prices. I would therefore like to keep this option open.
a summary of the securitisation activity in the period, including the amount of exposures securitised (by exposure type), and recognised gain or loss on sale by exposure type.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2006 of 14 August 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 1898/2005 as regards the entry into storage of intervention butter put on sale
The Japanese exporting producers provided no information on sales prices.
By August, everybody thought we were sisters.
This house MUST be finished by August.
But by August, he was a back waiter.
I'd like you to read a new play by August Strindberg.
The interim agreements will be signed and subsequently transmitted to the European Parliament for assent by August 2008.
You indicated that this might be ready by August, which misses this year's summer holiday period.
This framework decision was supposed to have been transposed by August 2004.
By August 2008, IKB had lost EUR [< 750] million.
Will be published by August 2010.
Of that, just ECU 3,376 million had been implemented by August.
Sales by the state monopoly are falling dramatically, whereas consumption has risen.

Alternatives:

on sale by August
on sale in August

on sale on August

This phrase is also not correct. It is missing the preposition 'for' or 'in' to indicate the duration of the sale.