dual as

[Barbara Need]

Seen on a web announcement for the new Apple iPhone:

"Foxconn Electronics, ..., has secured a contract with Apple Computer
to manufacturer [sic] its first mobile handset that will also dual as
a digital music player, ..."

I have done a phrase search in Google, and the only hits have been
some technical term dual AS and places where dual and as are
separated by punctuation (and/or a clause boundary).

Barbara

Barbara Need
UChicago

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