how come you don't the parentheses, in the first sentence variable?

If you are referring to the variable, adjective, in:

var sentence = '<h2>There once was a " + adjective;

it is because we don't put quotes around variables and since adjective, in this case, is a String and so is sentence, essentially the quotes are put around it by way of the plus ('+') operator. This is JavaScript saying it will add, or otherwise attach, this variable to this String that has been started with plain text.

I hope that my wording was not too confusing.

In simple terms to what Sean is saying.

var adjective = prompt ('Please type an adjective'); Here we are asking the person to type the adjective variable.

var sentence = "<h2>There once was a " + adjective; Here is a new variable named sentence which adds the first string "<h2>There once was a " to the variable adjective which is not a string. I look back and review the "String and Numbers" video.

Regarding the parentheses it doesn't matter what you use whether it be '' or "" You just need to be consistent and use them appropriately.

Hope that helps!

Hi Nick,

The reason why there are no parentheses for the variable named sentence is because the value is simply a string with no command or methods attach to it and the results from your previous variable named adjective prompt added on. Parentheses are used for methods for example: alert('You have done well!'); or document.write ('Have a nice day');. Methods are actions, alert opens a dialog box in your browser and document.writes writes text to your web page.

Hope this makes it a little clearer.