Andis acoordinating conjunction.We useandto connect two words, phrases, clauses or prefixes together:
Televisionsandcomputers are dominating our daily life.(noun + noun)
I have to showerandchange.(verb + verb)
The photos are blackandwhite.(adjective + adjective)
My best friendandmy father’s father both come from Wales.(phrase + phrase)
She got to the doorandput the key in the latch.(clause + clause)
The houses were a mix of pre-andpost-war build.(prefix + prefix)
See also:
And, but, either … or, etc. (coordinating conjunctions)
Go and,come and
In informal speaking we often useandaftergoandcomebefore verbs likeask, buy, check, collect, do, find, get:
Why don’t yougo and askher?
I need togo and buymyself some running shoes.
Can youcome and dothe washing up?
She shouldgo and findanother job.
In informal American English speaking, we often leave outand:
Dad willcome collectyou on the way back from work.
I was expecting him togo getthe keys.
Fixed expressions withand
We often useandin common fixed expressions. The order of the words cannot change:peace and quiet,pick and choose,come and go,knife and fork,black and white.
And+ adjective
In informal speaking, when we want to emphasise something positive,we often useandafterniceorlovelywith another adjective:
The kitchen’s lookingnice and clean.
You’relovely and tanned.
Andin numbers
When we speak or write numbers, we useandto separatehundred,thousand,millionfrom numbers smaller than a hundred:
625: six hundredandtwenty-five
1,000,410: one million, four hundredandten
6,492: six thousand, four hundredandninety-two
101: one hundredandone
We also useandbetween whole numbers and fractions:
23½: twenty threeanda half