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For the longest time, I have seen and written 'high quality' as such. However, Grammarly just dropped this bombshell on me;

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Is that correct? My copy of Grammarly is set to British English as that is where I live, but I don't think I've ever seen this phrase written with a dash.

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As a compound adjective "high-quality" means "of very good quality" and is written with a hyphen:

  • Consumers are trading up from stores' own brands to high-quality garments.

On the other hand if "quality" is a noun then no hyphen is required:

  • Consumers are trading up from stores' own brands to garments of high quality.
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