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Every Bronsted-Lowry acid is also a Lewis acid.

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Scroll down about half the page to Bronsted Acidity of some Lewis acids and some examples are given (Mg for example).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%B8nsted%E2%80%93Lowry_acid-base_theory

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