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Old 27-Jul-2007, 08:34
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Default Can we use "good build" to describe a noun?

I saw the following description of a camera on the internet (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pent...s/page14.asp):

Good build quality, case a little too easy to scratch

My friend told me that it's quite informal to use "good build" this way. His explanation is that normally we say "a good build". But the desciption above uses a noun phrase to describe another noun, i.e. use "good build" to describe "quality". So my friend said it's informal. One should simply say "good quality". Is my friend correct?

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