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3.4 Absent Elements
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/html4-differences/Overview.1.65.html#absent-elements
3.2 New Attributes
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/html4-differences/Overview.1.65.html#new-attributes

http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/html4-differences/Overview.diff.html
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/html4-differences/Overview.html?r1=1.64&r2=1.65&f=h

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@@ -699,8 +699,9 @@
     <p>The new <code>form</code> attribute for <code>input</code>,
      <code>output</code>, <code>select</code>, <code>textarea</code>,
      <code>button</code> and <code>fieldset</code> elements allows for
-     controls to be associated with a form (e.g. one they are not a
-     descendant of).
+     controls to be associated with a form. I.e. these elements can now be
+     placed anywhere on a page, not just as descendants of the
+     <code>form</code> element.
 
    <li>
     <p>The new <code>required</code> attribute applies to <code>input</code>
@@ -730,9 +731,10 @@
     <p>The <code>input</code> and <code>button</code> elements have
      <code>formaction</code>, <code>formenctype</code>,
      <code>formmethod</code>, <code>formnovalidate</code>, and
-     <code>formtarget</code> as new attributes. They are equivalent to the
-     attributes not prefixed with <code>form</code> on the <code>form</code>
-     element and override those.</p>
+     <code>formtarget</code> as new attributes. If present, they override the
+     <code>action</code>, <code>enctype</code>, <code>method</code>,
+     <code>novalidate</code>, and <code>target</code> attributes on the
+     <code>form</code> element.</p>
 
    <li>
     <p>The <code>menu</code> element has two new attributes:
@@ -870,7 +872,7 @@
    parser section.
 
   <p>The following elements are not in HTML&nbsp;5 because their effect is
-   purely presentational and whose function is better handled by CSS:
+   purely presentational and their function is better handled by CSS:
 
   <ul>
    <li><code>basefont</code>

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@@ -606,8 +606,9 @@
       <li><p>The new <code>form</code> attribute for <code>input</code>,
       <code>output</code>, <code>select</code>, <code>textarea</code>,
       <code>button</code> and <code>fieldset</code> elements allows for
-      controls to be associated with a form (e.g. one they are not a
-      descendant of).
+      controls to be associated with a form. I.e. these elements can now be
+      placed anywhere on a page, not just as descendants of the
+      <code>form</code> element.</p></li>
 
       <li><p>The new <code>required</code> attribute applies to
       <code>input</code> (except when the <code>type</code> attribute is
@@ -633,9 +634,10 @@
       <li><p>The <code>input</code> and <code>button</code> elements have
       <code>formaction</code>, <code>formenctype</code>,
       <code>formmethod</code>, <code>formnovalidate</code>, and
-      <code>formtarget</code> as new attributes. They are equivalent to the
-      attributes not prefixed with <code>form</code> on the
-      <code>form</code> element and override those.</p>
+      <code>formtarget</code> as new attributes. If present, they override
+      the <code>action</code>, <code>enctype</code>, <code>method</code>,
+      <code>novalidate</code>, and <code>target</code> attributes on the
+      <code>form</code> element.</p>
 
       <li><p>The <code>menu</code> element has two new attributes:
       <code>type</code> and <code>label</code>. They
@@ -723,9 +725,9 @@
 
       <li><p>The <code>b</code> element now represents a span of text to be
       stylistically offset from the normal prose without conveying any extra
-      importance, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a
-      review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic presentation is
-      emboldened.</p></li>
+      importance, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in
+      a review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic
+      presentation is emboldened.</p></li>
 
       <li><p>The <code>hr</code> element now represents a paragraph-level
       thematic break.
@@ -760,7 +762,7 @@
     is handled by the parser section.</p>
 
     <p>The following elements are not in HTML&nbsp;5 because their effect is
-    purely presentational and whose function is better handled by CSS:</p>
+    purely presentational and their function is better handled by CSS:</p>
 
     <ul>
       <li><code>basefont</code>

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