That can be nice in a lot of situations.  e.g.<p><pre><code>    (+) 4 2
 vs. 
    (+) &lt;$&gt; Just 4 &lt;*&gt; Just 2
</code></pre>
I usually prefer the applicative style above to<p><pre><code>    liftA2 (+) (Just 4) (Just 2)
</code></pre>
because it preserves the &quot;form&quot; of the original expression and generalizes to more arguments. ie. it doesn&#x27;t require liftAn for whatever n number of arguments my function takes.