atw: Re: '24/7' [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
- From: Peter.Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:23:14 +1000
Howard:
Does 24/7/365.25 assuage your pedantic instincts at all ?
Yes, there's still the problem of the odd leap second, but how many
decimal points does it take to let you sleep at night ? :-)
Peter M
From: Howard Silcock <howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx>
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 22/08/2012 11:25 AM
Subject: atw: '24/7'
Sent by: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
A document I'm currently working with refers to "a 24 hour seven days' a
week, 365 days' a year global network environment". Apart from the misuse
of apostrophes and the mixture of singular 'hour' with plural 'days', this
seems a very cumbersome expression for a very clear concept.
I need to refer to this passage in another document I'm writing, and was
tempted to simplify it to 'a 24/7 global network environment' or to 'a
round-the-clock global network environment'. But, after consulting the
Wikipedia article '24/7', I'm wondering if this would be wise. It seems
the term '24/7' has caused some confusion when used in company promotions,
especially over whether it implies availability on holidays. I don't
really want to write '24/7/365' ? that's getting cumbersome again, and the
pedant in me keeps wondering 'what about leap years?'. I like
'round-the-clock', but Wikipedia suggests it's a UK usage.
What do you think?
Howard
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