> Why is it that way in the real world? It's an interesting discussion how the nature of concrete items involved in calculations might affect the precedence. I

> Why is it that way in the real world? It's an interesting discussion how the nature of concrete items involved in calculations might affect the precedence. I think that, since "apples" and "oranges" are clearly more closely related than "friends", it makes sense that they bind together more closely in this case. Also, the order in which the items are presented has some bearing on the interpretation.