And

And is a coordinating conjunction. We use and to connect two words, phrases, clauses or prefixes together:

Televisions and computers are dominating our daily life. (noun + noun)

I have to shower and change. (verb + verb)

The photos are black and white. (adjective + adjective)

My best friend and my father’s father both come from Wales. (phrase + phrase)

She got to the door and put the key in the latch. (clause + clause)

The houses were a mix of pre- and post-war build. (prefix + prefix)

Go and, come and

Spoken English:

In informal speaking we often use and after go and come before verbs like ask, buy, check, collect, do, find, get:

Why don’t you go and ask her?

I need to go and buy myself some running shoes.

Can you come and do the washing up?

She should go and find another job.

In informal American English speaking, we often leave out and:

Dad will come collect you on the way back from work.

I was expecting him to go get the keys.

Fixed expressions with and

We often use and in 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

Spoken English:

In informal speaking, when we want to emphasise something positive, we often use and after nice or lovely with another adjective:

The kitchen’s looking nice and clean.

You’re lovely and tanned.

And in numbers

When we speak or write numbers, we use and to separate hundred, thousand, million from numbers smaller than a hundred:

625: six hundred and twenty-five

1,000,410: one million, four hundred and ten

6,492: six thousand, four hundred and ninety-two

101: one hundred and one

We also use and between whole numbers and fractions:

23½: twenty three and a half

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