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
  • etc.

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!