in addition to as a means of communication

[angliholic]

Can your cell phone be used to take pictures in addition to as a means of communication.


I find it odd when writing the bolded part, but I don't how to reword it. Your advice? Thanks.

 

[BobK]

Can your cell phone be used to take pictures in addition to as a means of communication.


I find it odd when writing the bolded part, but I don't how to reword it. Your advice? Thanks.

Ideally, you want a parallel structure:

two nouns: Can it be used both as a camera and as a means....?

or

two verbs: ...both to take pictures and to communicate

In less careful writing though, and in speech, you're likely to find something like this: 'Can your cell phone be used to take pictures as well as as a means of communication'. Microsoft Word's grammar checker will object to the repeated word, but you can always turn that off. ;-)

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[angliholic]

Thanks, Bobk.
Your advice is most wonderful!