Correct way to describe 24/7 or 24 x 7
Just Curious
literature. Sometimes I see people use 24 x 7 vs. 24/7
Are there any guidelines on how to describe 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, throughout the year.?
Steve Hayes
24 x 7 is 168
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Reinhold {Rey} Aman
> 24/7 is 3.42857142857143
> 24 x 7 is 168
Fuckin' asshole!
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Don Phillipson
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In writing and speech, 24/7 is the short way to say "every
hour of every day in the week." The days in a year are
redundant, as perhaps most readers might recognize.
Both these points are no more than common
conventions, like most of the written or oral language.
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> > I use 24/7/365 often in describing my company's availability in our
> > literature. Sometimes I see people use 24 x 7 vs. 24/7
> >
> > Are there any guidelines on how to describe 24 hours a day, 7 days a
> > week, throughout the year.?
>
> In writing and speech, 24/7 is the short way to say "every
> hour of every day in the week." The days in a year are
> redundant, as perhaps most readers might recognize.
Reminds me of the old Steven Wright joke:
"I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the
guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you're open
24 hours.' He said, 'Yes, but not in a row.'"
Brian
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Glenn Knickerbocker
> I use 24/7/365 often in describing my company's availability in our
This one's always baffled me. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 weeks
a, um, happy marriage? But of course 24/7/52 would leave most people
wondering what a deck of cards has to do with it, and the rest demanding
to know why you aren't available on Leap Day.
> literature. Sometimes I see people use 24 x 7 vs. 24/7
I'd choose between those by the intended pronunciation: twenty-four BY
seven, or just twenty-four-seven.
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John Varela
Some years ago we went down to see an exhibit at the National
Gallery on Thanksgiving Day and discovered that it was closed,
despite being otherwise open 24/7. The Smithsonian was open (every
day but Christmas) so we went there instead and saw a remarkable
exhibit of Master Work clocks.
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annily
I would reply: "Yes, but we don't say which 24 hours. It just finished."
R H Draney
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>Just Curious wrote:
>> I use 24/7/365 often in describing my company's availability in our
>
>This one's always baffled me. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 weeks
>a, um, happy marriage? But of course 24/7/52 would leave most people
>wondering what a deck of cards has to do with it, and the rest demanding
>to know why you aren't available on Leap Day.
Twenty-one years ago, someone decided that Denny's, traditionally open
round-the-clock every day of the year, would close for Christmas Day...after
decades of the "always open" policy, some of their locations didn't have locks
on the doors, while others could no longer find the keys that came with
theirs....r
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Guy Barry
"Just Curious" <pjmis...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Before the Americanism "twenty-four-seven" took hold over here we used to
say "round the clock". Or just "permanently".
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Guy Barry
Mark Brader
"At all times".
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James Hogg
> P.J. Miskimen:
>> I use 24/7/365 often in describing my company's availability in our
>> literature. Sometimes I see people use 24 x 7 vs. 24/7
>>
>> Are there any guidelines on how to describe 24 hours a day, 7 days a
>> week, throughout the year.?
>
> "At all times".
The simple word "always" should literally cover that.
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It should, but I'd say that in everyday business use, neither of thos
conventionally means "24//7/365".
"You can always get this product from us" or "We can supply this at
all times" can mean "We always have this in stock", rather than "You
can pick this up from us any time of the day or night, any day of the
week".
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Evan Kirshenbaum
> Twenty-one years ago, someone decided that Denny's, traditionally
> open round-the-clock every day of the year, would close for
> Christmas Day...after decades of the "always open" policy, some of
> their locations didn't have locks on the doors, while others could
> no longer find the keys that came with theirs....r
After the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, the local Denny's, which had
lost power and suffered internal damage, had to resort to a chain on
its front doors. The management said that the doors didn't have
locks.
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