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Can computer be used as an adjective We were having this discussion in class....well more like my whole class trying to deny my logic but anyhow. Can it be used as an adjective? My case: A computer desk costs $500. In this scenario we have a word describing a noun, what type of desk is it, it's a computer desk. Some argued that it was a compound noun, sure 'computer desk' as a WHOLE is a compound noun, but if we look at the components that make it, it is unarguably an adjective + a noun which forms the compound noun. Others even tried to argue with me that you can't say computer window so it's wrong, right, like you can say adverbial window as well. Your thoughts?

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When do you round up/down in maths? Let me give you an example. Just say, Where is the graph below y = 30? And you get 1.3 < x < 3.6 (imagine parabola) and it says to the nearest integer. If you round normally and do 1 < x < 4, it's not entirely correct to say this is where the graph is below y = 30, because portions of it isn't. So would you round to 2 < x < 3 to satisfy the condition or not? I'm super confused because in one maths test you did have to round to satisfy, and another you didn't ... Or perhaps it makes a difference in saying 'to the nearest integer' and 'where x is an element of the integer set'?