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Subject:Re: grammar/spelling question From:"D. Margulis" <ampersandvirgule -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:19:03 -0400
Wigser, Sarah wrote:
>
> Do you hyphenate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? If so, where?
No, Sarah, I usually sleep several hours a day and sometimes take a day
off. But when I do hyphenate, I usually do it at the keyboard <g>
Okay, now that I've gotten my jollies, I have to keep Eric off my back.
So here is the straight answer:
OK: The store is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Better: The store is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
[Spell out numbers under 100 in books, under ten in newspapers and
magazines. Exception: use numerals for all measurements, even if small,
but not for counts.]
HOWEVER,
OK: He had a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week crush on her.
Better: He had a twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week crush on her.
