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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:

> 私の名前はみのり **で** 、十五さいです。

I assume that here で means 'and' but I'm not familiar with this usage, so I
wanted to enquire.
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meaning copula
Can で mean 'and'?
で, in this case, functions like the -て form of the copula だ. Thus, it's used
to connect two sentences together to make a single, natural-sounding sentence.

> 私の名前はみのりだ。十五さいです。My name is Minori. I am 15 years old.  
>  私の名前はみのりで、十五さいです。My name is Minori and I am 15 years old.

This is the same as what the normal -て form does:

> 朝ご飯を食べた。そして、急いで学校へ行った。I ate breakfast. Then I hurried to school.  
>  朝ご飯を食べて、急いで学校へ行った。I ate breakfast and hurried to school.

So yes, it essentially does mean 'and' here.
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It's the conjuncitve (te-form) of だ; the conjunctive, among other things, can
express 'and': 目を開けて、木を見た 'I opened my eyes and looked at a tree.'
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