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Parentheses

Math and most programming languages, including J, use parentheses to control the evaluation of a sentence. If a sentence is fully parenthesized then the order of evaluation is identical in most languages and is independent of verb precedence or any other rules.

      2 + (3 * 4)
14
   (2 + 3) * 4
20
   10 - (4 - 3)
9
   (10 - 4) - 3
3

There isn't any confusion about these answers.

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