And

Coordinating conjunction

French: et

Can join like XP.

• V and V
• N and N
• clause and clause
• ADJ and ADJ
• comp and comp

Clitic

translated in French with Ø (nothing!)

Come and [kʌmən] + V  :

"And" has grammaticalized in the following predicates (used with modals, in the imperative)

-- They told me I could come and get it.

-- You can come and look if you want.

-- Come and see what you can do!