li [Larry Sulky] mi tulis la
> Hi, All--
>
> When "and" is used between independent clauses we call it a
> conjunction:
>
> We went to the market and you went to the cinema.
>
> Question 1: What grammatical role is "and" playing when it separates
> items in a list:
>
> We went to the market and the cinema.
>
> Doesn't seem like a conjunction there.
>
> Question 2: And is there still a different grammatical role
> in this example:
>
> We went to the market and away from all this big-city noise.
>
> Or is this just a conjunction with some words omitted?
I've actually been wondering something similar. In English "and"
connected verbs, phrases and lists of nouns among other things without
any distinction. This allows some ambiguity. I've considered using the
preposition "with" to connect nouns in a list rather than the
conjunction "and" which would be used for connecting whole clauses.
One thing that brought up this idea was a usage I found in Russian where
"he and I" is "we with him".