“and”在写作中是一个比较常见的并列连词，尤其是在简单句中。除了“and”的一些简单用法之外，我们还需要进一步了解与掌握“and”的一些其他较为复杂的用法，这样才可以为我们的语言表达增加亮点。以下归纳总结一些写作中“and”较为常见的一些用法(以下例句均出自剑桥雅思真题考官范文)：
1.连接名词,如：Instead，the traits we inherit from our parents and the situation and experiences that we encounter in life are constantly interacting.分析：此句中“and”连接的为“the traits,the situation&experiences”三个名词，“…we inherit from our parents&…that we encounter in life”分别修饰“the traits&the situation and experiences”.
2.连接短语，如;In conclusion，I think that long-term traffic and pollution reductions would depend on educating the public to use public transport more,and on governments using public money to construct and run efficient systems.分析：此句当中的“and”连接的是由“on”+动名词（educating….）构成的介宾短语与介词“on”构成的短语。“and”的使用极大丰富了句子信息。
3.连接两个句子，如：After firing the torpedoes，the forward part would lose weight and the submarine would be out of balance.分析：此句结构比较简单，“and”连接的为“the forward part would lose weight”与“the submarine would be out of balance”两个句子。4.连接主语相同的两个谓语或系动词，如：Educating children to understand the need to obey rules and respect others always begins in the home and is widely thought to the responsibility of parents.”分析：1）此句中，“…obey rules and respect…”的主语都是“children”，“and”连接的是“obey”和“respect”两个谓语动词。2）“…begins in the home and is widely thought…”主语都为是“Educating children to understand the need to obey rules and respect others”，“and”连接的是“begins”和“is”两个动词。“and”不仅仅只可以用来连接名词，还可以用来连接短语、句子等，写作中，如果“and”运用得当，能够让我们句子意思的表达更丰富，更详细。
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