Re: Validator fails to catch <p> left open

On 16 Feb 2019, at 1:13, Barry J. Sullens wrote:
> I teach web development at Ivy Tech Community College. I require all 
> my development students to validate before submitting their work for 
> grading. The validator should catch the missing </p> on line 11, but 
> it does not. Please advise.

Please see [the specification][1], which clearly states that:

> A p element’s end tag may be omitted if the p element is immediately
> followed by an address, article, aside, blockquote, details, div, dl, 
> fieldset, figcaption, figure, footer, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, 
> header, hr, main, nav, ol, p, pre, section, table, or ul, element, or 
> if there is no more content in the parent element and the parent 
> element is an HTML element that is not an a, audio, del, ins, map, 
> noscript, or video element.



[1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/grouping-content.html#the-p-element