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I have some confusion about the quality of + verb form. I have two sample sentences

  1. The quality of their clothing is very good.

  2. It really improves my overall quality of sleep.

My question is why can not it be Quality of their clothes and quality of sleeping?

When should I use "quality of+verb"?

When should I use "quality of + verb+ing"?

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  • It's usually the quality of life or the standard of living, not the other way around.
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Jan 10, 2020 at 16:39
  • (The former is often more about "intangibles" such as happiness, security, satisfaction, whereas the latter is more likely to be about having plenty of money, and such things as can be "bought".)
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Jan 10, 2020 at 16:44
  • I edited my question. Now the question is alright.
    – Encipher
    Commented Jan 10, 2020 at 17:50
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    There's nothing particularly "unusual" about references to the quality of someone's clothes. But it just so happens that idiomatically we usually talk about quality of sleep rather than ...sleeping. And even though we'd usually want to improve the eating quality of some foodstuff, there's nothing wrong with trying to improve the quality of eating of/for it.
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Jan 10, 2020 at 18:04
  • Can anyone give any examples at all where the participle form is the common use?
    – BadZen
    Commented Jan 10, 2020 at 18:16

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