HTML Phrase elements
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Some HTML formatting elements
are typically used to delineate text of specific types. These HTML elements
are called ‘phrase’ elements:
Tag
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Description
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More
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Further comments
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<code>
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A piece of computer
code
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Here
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<em>
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Emphasised text
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Here
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Often used to italicise
text, but ideally this should be done using CSS
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<kbd>
|
Keyboard input
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Here
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<samp>
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Sample output from a
computer program
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Here
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<strong>
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Defines
more important text
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Here
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Commonly
used as a way of highlighting text or making it bold
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<var>
|
Variable
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Here
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The default styles
applicable to these elements are shown here.
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