Guest Phil, an English language educator, explains the versatile meaning of 'quality', showing how it can represent excellence or inadequacy. Listeners learn how the term can encompass positive attributes and deficiencies through real-life examples.
'Quality' can denote both positivity and degree of goodness or badness.
'Quality' can describe attributes like kindness in individuals or smoothness in culinary preparations.
Deep dives
Definition of Quality
Quality can refer to something that is good or very good, such as when the shop sells quality goods. However, quality is not always positive and can also signify the degree of how good or bad something is, as seen in feedback about work performance.
Characteristics and Attributes of Quality
In addition to indicating goodness, quality can describe characteristics or attributes of something or someone. For example, kindness can be a quality attributed to an individual, and the smoothness of a sauce can exemplify the quality of a culinary preparation.
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