- From: Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd) <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:24:54 +0000
- To: Robert J Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- CC: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Robert J Burns wrote: > The p element DOES add > punctuation in the same way that the q elements adds punctuation. The > following HTML: > > <p>here is a paragraph.</p><p>And that paragraph is followed by another > paragraph.</p> > > will be rendered > > here is a paragraph. > > And that paragraph is followed by another paragraph. > > With new lines inserted between the paragraphs. Is this presentation mandated by HTML, or simply a de facto standard ? > The major difference is > that a paragraph is almost universally presented with new lines between > them, With respect, not. Paragraphs are, equally often, indented (we are talking here about modern Western norms, rather than a more general universe of discourse). Most printed books (same Uni.) use indentation; most web documents use blank lines. Computer-generated printed documents probably use blank lines more often than indentation, but this is by no means a universal or near-universal. > whereas a quotation has many different possible presentations And paragraphs have at least two ! Philip TAYLOR
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