dual as

[Barbara Need]

>On 11/15/06, Barbara Need <nee1 at midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>
>>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).
>
>Try searching with modals:
>
>http://google.com/search?q=can|could|will||would-dual-as
>
>
>--Ben Zimmer

Thank you! 57 tokens!

Barbara

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