try this:

?5-2^2
?-2^2

>Metin,
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>>You wrong:
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>No, I'm not. *g*
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>For example just "read" your original expression in Turkish not in "math".. I'm not sure how it translates into Turkish but in English it is:
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>( negative two ) squared && parenthesis added for emphasis.
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>The original problem could have been written as
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>+2^2
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>because a signless number is positive.. in this case you take positive 2 and square it... you don't take 2 and square it and then "positive" the result.
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>

>footnote argh at Michel for disabling the SUP and SUB html tags....
>

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>>http://www.online-utility.org/math/math_calculator.jsp
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>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q132686/
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>>http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/69058.html
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>>Exponentiation has priority. you should do 2*2 after that put -.