diff --git a/lexicalStructure.lex b/lexicalStructure.lex
index eed6e7d..411d0bd 100644
--- a/lexicalStructure.lex
+++ b/lexicalStructure.lex
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ID [A-Za-z_][0-9A-Za-z_]*
 DIGIT [0-9]
 CHAR \\n|\\t|\\'|[^'\n\t\\]
 	/* char can be a newline, tab, an escaped quote, or anything but a single quote, an actual line break, an actual tab, or a backslash by itself (to prevent confusion from escaped quote */
-SCHAR \\n|\\t|\\\"|[^\"\n\\]  
+SCHAR \\n|\\t|\\\"|[^\"\n\\]
 	/* similar to above, a string Char (SCHAR) is the same as a CHAR except we cannot have double quotes instead of single quotes. Double quotes need to be escaped in Flex unlike single quotes based on documentation */
 
 %%
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ SCHAR \\n|\\t|\\\"|[^\"\n\\]
 '{CHAR}'		{if(DEBUG) {printf( "C_CHARACTER:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, C_CHARACTER);} 	else {return C_CHARACTER;}}
 \"{SCHAR}*\"	{if(DEBUG) {printf( "C_STRING:		%s	(%d)\n", yytext, C_STRING);} 		else {return C_STRING;}}
 "(*"{COM}"*)"	{if(DEBUG) {printf( "COMMENT:		%s	(%d)\n", yytext, COMMENT);} 		else {return COMMENT;}}
+
+"("				{if(DEBUG) {printf( "L_PAREN:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, L_PAREN);}		else {return L_PAREN;}}
+")"				{if(DEBUG) {printf( "R_PAREN:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, R_PAREN);}		else {return R_PAREN;}}
+
+"["				{if(DEBUG) {printf( "L_BRACKET:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, L_BRACKET);}		else {return L_BRACKET;}}
+"]"				{if(DEBUG) {printf( "R_BRACKET:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, R_BRACKET);}		else {return R_BRACKET;}}
+
+"{"				{if(DEBUG) {printf( "L_BRACE:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, L_BRACE);}		else {return L_BRACE;}}
+"}"				{if(DEBUG) {printf( "R_BRACE:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, R_BRACE);}		else {return R_BRACE;}}
+
 "true"			{if(DEBUG) {printf( "C_TRUE:		%s	(%d)\n", yytext, C_TRUE);} 			else {return C_TRUE;}}
 "false"			{if(DEBUG) {printf( "C_FALSE:		%s	(%d)\n", yytext, C_FALSE);} 		else {return C_FALSE;}}
 "null"			{if(DEBUG) {printf( "C_NULL:		%s	(%d)\n", yytext, C_NULL);} 			else {return C_NULL;}}
@@ -70,4 +80,4 @@ SCHAR \\n|\\t|\\\"|[^\"\n\\]
 \n				{line_number++; column_number = 1;}
 .				{column_number++;}
 
-%%
\ No newline at end of file
+%%
diff --git a/tests/test_punctuation_grouping.alpha b/tests/test_punctuation_grouping.alpha
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45dfb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_punctuation_grouping.alpha
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
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