In Swedish, for instance, one of the most common grammatical mistakes is called "särskrivning", or literally translated as "taken apart writing". It means that you have separated one word into multiple words, which usually change the meaning completely. Let me give you an example:<br><br>"En mörkhårig person" &lt;=&gt; "A dark haired person"<br>*"En mörk hårig person" &lt;=&gt; "A dark hairy person"<br><br>*Since two adjectives are used, they should actually be separated by a comma.<br><br>Another example:<br>"Herrcykel upphittad!" &lt;=&gt; "Men's bike found!"<br>"Herr cykel upphittad!" &lt;=&gt; "Mr bike found!",(reply>), @Flóra Ilona Stahl yup. There are a lot of examples. It can go horribly wrong if you mess up.<br>Giftorm = venomous snake. <br>Gift orm = married snake.<br><br>Sjuksköterska = nurse.<br>Sjuk sköterska = sick caretaker.<br><br>Rökfritt = no smoking.<br>Rök fritt = smoke as much as you want.<br><br>Grislever = pig liver.<br>Gris lever = pig is alive.<br><br>Vår kassapersonal = our checkout staff<br>Vår kassa personal = our terrible staff.,(reply>), Same in German. We call those mistakes Deppenleerzeichen (space from idiots)<br>Unihalle = a gymnasium (hall) for universal purpose<br>Uni Halle = the university in the town Halle,(reply>), @Eric do we know for sure whether the Romans brought it around with the meaning of writing, or if it came directly from PIE? Or if maybe the word existed but it meant to scratch or something, and the meaning of writing was brought by the Romans?,(reply>), @Michael Bowring it's an Indo-European root. Think about a Roman scribe. Think about scripture.,(reply>), Swedish must be such a fun language