- From: Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:01:27 +0000
- To: Anne van Kesteren <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Anne van Kesteren wrote: [snip] > Heh, they can be useful though: > <http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2004/05/02/b-and-i> > > Not always, but sometimes. Not sure I agree with the conclusions : "So if you want to use bold or italics, and HTML doesn’t have a semantic element for what you mean, use b or i. If you’re not sure which semantic element to use, use b or i. [last sentence deliberately omitted, as I have a tiny bit of sympathy for it]" I teach the use of <em class="..."> and (where appropriate) <strong class="...">; examples of "..." that I frequently adduce are : stress (the normal case) foreign-word latin-abbreviation book-title ship-name Philip Taylor
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