“high quality or of high quality?” – Language lab: English ⇔ German Forums – leo.org

The Chicago Manual of Style has a very detailed description of hyphenation with compounds – it’s AE but fits with what I am familiar with from BE too.

First of all it says that these are general patterns not hard-and-fast rules, and that writers will make their own exceptions according to general taste.
Then it lists compounds according to type, including the example:

“adjective + noun: small-state senators, a high-quality alkylate, a middle-class neighborhood, the neighborhood is middle class. (Hyphenated before but not after a noun.)”

I would also have no problem in BE with “of a high quality”, though I would class it as a bit less common than the version without “a”.

to be of good/poor/top quality
goods of a high quality
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/def…

“Quality” as an adjective has to be said in an Essex or North London accent to me! Come and getcher luvvly quali’y goods right ere! 🙂

I’m with escoville.The Chicago Manual of Style has a very detailed description of hyphenation with compounds – it’s AE but fits with what I am familiar with from BE too.First of all it says that these are general patterns not hard-and-fast rules, and that writers will make their own exceptions according to general taste.Then it lists compounds according to type, including the example:senators, aalkylate, aneighborhood, the neighborhood is. (Hyphenated before but not after a noun.)”I would also have no problem in BE with “of a high quality”, though I would class it as a bit less common than the version without “a”.”Quality” as an adjective has to be said in an Essex or North London accent to me! Come and getcher luvvly quali’y goods right ere! 🙂