diff --git a/lib/Parser.pm b/lib/Parser.pm
index d3a249932c..b2d1affd68 100644
--- a/lib/Parser.pm
+++ b/lib/Parser.pm
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ sub Close {
                     ($top->type eq 'Comma') ? $top->entryType : $top->typeRef,
                     ($type ne 'start') ? ($open,$paren->{close}) : () )};
         } else {
-	  $top->{value}{hadParens} = 1;
-	}
+          $top->{value}{hadParens} = 1 unless $open eq 'start';
+        }
         $self->pop; $self->push($top);
         $self->CloseFn() if ($paren->{function} && $self->prev->{type} eq 'fn');
       } elsif ($paren->{formInterval} eq $type && $self->top->{value}->length == 2) {
diff --git a/macros/contextFraction.pl b/macros/contextFraction.pl
index 2c5585a93a..2644529566 100644
--- a/macros/contextFraction.pl
+++ b/macros/contextFraction.pl
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ sub reduce {
 #
 sub string {
   my $self = shift;
-  my $string = $self->SUPER::string($self, @_);
+  my $string = $self->SUPER::string(@_);
   return $string unless $self->{value}->classMatch('Fraction');
   my $precedence = shift;
   my $frac = $self->context->operators->get('/')->{precedence};
@@ -627,15 +627,18 @@ sub string {
 }
 
 #
-#  Add parentheses if they are needed by precedence
+#  Add parentheses if they were there originally, or
+#  are needed by precedence and we asked for exxxtra parens
 #
 sub TeX {
   my $self = shift;
-  my $string = $self->SUPER::TeX($self, @_);
+  my $string = $self->SUPER::TeX(@_);
   return $string unless $self->{value}->classMatch('Fraction');
   my $precedence = shift;
   my $frac = $self->context->operators->get('/')->{precedence};
-  $string = '\left(' . $string . '\right)' if defined $precedence && $precedence > $frac;
+  my $noparens = shift;
+  $string = '\left(' . $string . '\right)' if $self->{hadParens} ||
+    (defined $precedence && $precedence > $frac && !$noparens);
   return $string;
 }
 
@@ -898,7 +901,6 @@ sub string {
   if ($self->getFlagWithAlias("showMixedNumbers","showProperFractions") && CORE::abs($a) > $b)
     {$n = int($a/$b); $a = CORE::abs($a) % $b; $n .= " " unless $a == 0}
   $n .= "$a/$b" unless $a == 0 && $n ne '';
-  $n = "($n)" if defined $prec && $prec >= 1;
   return "$n";
 }
 
@@ -911,7 +913,6 @@ sub TeX {
   my $s = ""; ($a,$s) = (-$a,"-") if $a < 0;
   $n .= ($self->{isHorizontal} ? "$s$a/$b" : "${s}{\\textstyle\\frac{$a}{$b}}")
     unless $a == 0 && $n ne '';
-  $n = "\\left($n\\right)" if defined $prec && $prec >= 1;
   return "$n";
 }