Can で mean 'and'? I'm completing my Japanese homework, and we were given a letter that we need to write a response to. There is a line that goes: > **** I assume that here means 'and' but I'm not familiar with this usage, so I wanted to enquire.

It's the conjuncitve (te-form) of ; the conjunctive, among other things, can express 'and': 'I opened my eyes and looked at a tree.'