Why is AND there? The following is from the USAGE NOTE after the definition of HOLOCAUST in The American Herrigate Dictionary of the English Language( 4th edition). I wonder why AND is there between Nazis and may. It'd be it in my text. Am I wrong? --------------- This suggests that other figurative usages such as the huge losses in the Savings and Loan holocaust may be viewed as overblown or in poor taste. • When capitalized Holocaust refers specifically to the destruction of Jews and other Europeans by the Nazis and may also encompass the Nazi persecution of Jews that preceded the outbreak of the war.If 'and' connects two （subordinate) clauses in the sentence, then it seems to want a main clause. Is it so?