RE: 24/7 or 7/24?

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

B.J. Smith wrote:
 
> If you have to choose between using "24/7" or "7/24" in a sentence,
> which way do you go?

I guess it depends on whether I mean 3.43 or 0.29. :-) 

Unless you mean "available around the clock all week long" (you provided no context). 

I've never, ever heard or seen "7/24" used to express that concept. It's always "24/7" in my experience. Did someone actually suggest "7/24"? 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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