In this task I keep getting an error message. I'm confused where I should put the curly braces.

For the ending curly braces, you don't put it before the thing you want to do, like the System.out.println() }, not } System.out.println(); Also, you put the starting curly brace ({) AFTER the condition, so it isn't

if { (3==2)

Think of the starting curly brace as the word "then", so you would do

if (3==2) { // then
  System.out.println("whatever");
} // end

Just so you know, for the else statement, there isn't a condition, so it's just else then, or

else { // then
  //do something
} //end

Hope I helped! If you need further explanation, i'll be happy to help.

lines 16 and 17 are your problem. On line 16 there is an 'if' without a boolean statement. On line 17 there is a boolean statement without specification of what it is for. I think you meant for line 16 and 17 to be together, which is acceptable in Java as the compiler ignores white space, however the curly bracket at the end of line 16 is telling the compiler that they are not together.