“I saw that she a cookie ate” is an example of incorrect 'syntax'.
(..) So, you're a cadet, your studying. What's your focus? Xenolinguistics. You have no idea what that means. The study of alien languages. Morphology, phonology, syntax. Means you've got a talented tongue. I'm impressed. For a moment there, I thought you were just a dumb-hair colonial (..)2009 Star Trek