This works for me. There is no need for the + sign.

 Code:
$a="Joe"
$b="User"
For $cnt = 1 to 3
	? $cnt " " $A " " $b
Next
Sleep 5


You second example has a curly bracket. I guess that that is a typo because the first bracket is not a curly one.
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