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Nor Priest Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"product class" or "class of product"?

"In the old days, Swatch had very narrow product class. But now, it penetrates every product class possible."
"In the old days, Swatch had very narrow class of product. But now, it penetrates every class of product possible."

I'm just not sure which one of them sounds better; "product class" or "class of product".

Thank you.

Note: As for the term "class": I want to mean the level of quality. For example, let's say company used to sell only low-quality products, but nowadays they are selling low to high-quality products.

I'm not sure if "class" fits the context or not. It may not be "product class", maybe it's "product level" but i'm not sure which word most suits the context.

Thank you in advance.
  

Top answer

Hi, Using 'class' like this does not sound like you are talking about quality. I'd just use the word 'quality'. If I read these two sentences, I wouldn't understand what you meant.

  • Hi, Using 'class' like this does not sound like you are talking about quality.
  • I'd just use the word 'quality'.
  • If I read these two sentences, I wouldn't understand what you meant.
  • "In the old days, Swatch had very narrow product class .
  • " "In the old days, Swatch had very products narrow class of product .
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Hi,

Using 'class' like this does not sound like you are talking about quality. I'd just use the word 'quality'.

If I read these two sentences, I wouldn't understand what you meant.

"In the old days, Swatch had very narrow product class.
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Hi again,

What if I say "In order to become a leader in the market, Company ABC has turned itself from a small company to a bigger company by producing much more products at every quality as opposed to its earlier time that it only produced low-quality products."

Is the sentence clearly understood?

Thank you.
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Hi,

What if I say "In order to become a leader in the market, Company ABC has turned itself from a small company to a bigger company by producing much more products at every quality as opposed to its earlier time that it only produced low-quality products."

Is the sentence clearly understood? No.


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