And

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Coordinating conjunction

French: et

Can join like XP.

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

clitic

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!
Come and see for yourself!