When you read a book you do not need to be consciously aware of the syntax (unless it is either patently bad or extraordinarily original). When you are programming, most of the time you are dealing with syntax more than meaning...
In the end, what the logicians of the XXth century taught us is that logic (read maths/cs/...) is just syntax (from the formal point of view, mind you).
In the end, what the logicians of the XXth century taught us is that logic (read maths/cs/...) is just syntax (from the formal point of view, mind you).