Difference between revisions of "And"

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translated in French with <b>Ø</b> (nothing!)
  
 
<dl><dt><b>Come and</b> [<span style="color:green;">kʌmən</span>] + <b>V</b>      :  
 
<dl><dt><b>Come and</b> [<span style="color:green;">kʌmən</span>] + <b>V</b>      :  

Revision as of 02:16, 16 December 2012

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!