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In Danish we separate adjectives with comma. I don't actually know the English rules.

• mmastrac 3y ago
  Ideally it would be "critical Danish infrastructure" with no comma, but the comma probably disambiguates the headline quite a bit making it clear that two adjectives apply to the noun "infrastructure". The frustration in native English speakers probably comes from the fast the comma-less version would probably be unambiguous and that comma causes our brains to skip a beat for what we subconsciously believe is an unnecessary purpose. If all English headlines were written to be clear rather than as easy as possible to read, the overall state of news would probably be better....
  • marky1991 3y ago
    I think it makes it more unclear, not less. I parse it as "attack against danish and critical infrastructure", matching the standard usage of commas in english. "Critical danish infrastructure" only has one possible interpretation in standard english imo.
    • InCityDreams 3y ago
      "Standard English" uses capital letters for proper nouns.
      • marky1991 3y ago
        Yes, and?