Anne W Zahra "Come see" and "go see" are binomial phrases, and these are very common in spoken English. They can be said with and ("come and see") or with no "and." Not saying the "and" is typical in the United States. Other verbs that form binomial phrases include try and, more rarely sit, watch and wait. The only purpose of this form seems to be emphasis on the outcome of the action. I can tell you that binomials with sit and wait are like idioms. They're usually for complaining :) Now the big question... why?! I don't know, honestly. I'm not a linguist-- just a teacher. If I had to guess why we have these binomials, I would guess it's because they come from literature, or they're very old or (less likely) because they're like the bare infinitive, as in these sentences: 1. She lets her friend drive the car. 2. She watched her mother cook dinner. The action in all these sentences seems to be concurrent (happening at the same time). In most sentences with a verb and an infinitive, the... - Meryn Stol