- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:35:57 +0530
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:21:49 +0530, Jonathan Worent <jworent at yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au> wrote: > >> Leons, you forgot to CC the list. >> >> Leons Petrazickis wrote: >> > Lachlan Hunt wrote: >> >> <m> is for highlighting text that is of some interest to the reader, but >> >> it does not alter the meaning of the text itself. >> > >> > Would you say that <em> is semantic and <m> is presentational, with >> > the difference from <span> is in default formatting? Or is "meaning" >> > not quite the right word - is <m> like a highlighter in revision >> > change tracking, meant to be seen and then discarded? In what way, apart from denoting that something is particularly relevant within a phrase in a given context, does emphasis change the meaning of something? (I am not being rhetorical here, I genuinely don't understand any difference. I don't know how representative I am of native english speakers, but I am a good translator into at least a couple of languages and I am at a complete loss as to how I would explain the difference in any of them). >> No, <m> does have semantics. It marks a specific point of interest, as >> you might do with a highlighter, it just doesn't alter the meaning of >> the text itself. > > Isn't this what <strong> is for? I.E. signifying the contained text is somehow more important than > the surrounding text but not changing the meaning. Strong provides a strong emphasis, no? - where you really want to highlight something a lot... cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile, Opera Software: Standards Group hablo espa?ol - je parle fran?ais - jeg l?rer norsk chaals at opera.com Try Opera 9.1 http://opera.com
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