Posted by Andy Dingley on 10/09/06 13:03

Jim Scott wrote:

> Is it a debateable point or 'whatever suits' as to whether test is
> presented using <p> or <br> tags?

Neither - it's very clear.

<p>Marks the boundaries of a paragraph. <br> is an inline element that
marks a line break, where it occurs _within_ some piece of text. That's
really all there is to it - it's pretty clearly stated, if only you
follow the HTML spec through in detail.

<br><br> is always wrong. You've broken the line once, how do you break
it a second time?

If you want a debate, then it's less clear-cut when you should use <p>
and <div>. Obviously <p> is used for paragraphs and <div> should be
used for "chunks fo text that aren't a grammatical paragraph", but this
is a viable grammar question about similar HTML constructs when <p> vs.
<br> is really comparing chalk and cheese.

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