diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/lex.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/lex.rs
index f68a6b630..867fdb483 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/lex.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/lex.rs
@@ -161,15 +161,14 @@ pub fn lex_item(
 
     let span = Span::new(span_offset + token_start, span_offset + *curr_offset);
 
-    // If there is still unclosed opening delimiters, close them and add
-    // synthetic closing characters to the accumulated token.
+    // If there is still unclosed opening delimiters, remember they were missing
     if let Some(block) = block_level.last() {
         let delim = block.closing();
         let cause = ParseError::UnexpectedEof(
             (delim as char).to_string(),
             Span {
-                start: span.end - 1,
-                end: span.end,
+                start: span.end,
+                end: span.end + 1,
             },
         );
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
index 6b483d1c1..45cddb5d2 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -2050,26 +2050,40 @@ pub fn parse_value(
             }
         }
         SyntaxShape::Any => {
-            let shapes = [
-                SyntaxShape::Int,
-                SyntaxShape::Number,
-                SyntaxShape::Range,
-                SyntaxShape::Filesize,
-                SyntaxShape::Duration,
-                SyntaxShape::Block,
-                SyntaxShape::Table,
-                SyntaxShape::List(Box::new(SyntaxShape::Any)),
-                SyntaxShape::String,
-            ];
-            for shape in shapes.iter() {
-                if let (s, None) = parse_value(working_set, span, shape) {
-                    return (s, None);
+            if bytes.starts_with(b"[") {
+                let shapes = [SyntaxShape::Table];
+                for shape in shapes.iter() {
+                    if let (s, None) = parse_value(working_set, span, shape) {
+                        return (s, None);
+                    }
                 }
+                parse_value(
+                    working_set,
+                    span,
+                    &SyntaxShape::List(Box::new(SyntaxShape::Any)),
+                )
+            } else {
+                let shapes = [
+                    SyntaxShape::Int,
+                    SyntaxShape::Number,
+                    SyntaxShape::Range,
+                    SyntaxShape::Filesize,
+                    SyntaxShape::Duration,
+                    SyntaxShape::Block,
+                    SyntaxShape::Table,
+                    SyntaxShape::List(Box::new(SyntaxShape::Any)),
+                    SyntaxShape::String,
+                ];
+                for shape in shapes.iter() {
+                    if let (s, None) = parse_value(working_set, span, shape) {
+                        return (s, None);
+                    }
+                }
+                (
+                    garbage(span),
+                    Some(ParseError::Expected("any shape".into(), span)),
+                )
             }
-            (
-                garbage(span),
-                Some(ParseError::Expected("any shape".into(), span)),
-            )
         }
         _ => (garbage(span), Some(ParseError::IncompleteParser(span))),
     }