1.12 coordination

If you want to refer separately to more than one person or thing, or you want to describe them in more than one way, you can link noun groups, modifiers, or qualifiers using the conjunctions 'and', 'or', or 'but'. Sometimes you can use a comma instead of 'and', or just put one word next to another.

• ...a table and chair.
• ...his obligations with regard to Amanda, Robert and Matthew.
• ...some fruit or cheese afterwards.
• ...her long black skirt.

See paragraphs 8.159 to 8.189 for more information about the use of conjunctions to link noun groups and words within noun groups.