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18,212 Pointswhats wrong with my italics????
Why doesn't <i></i> work here??
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Text</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Mike's favorite course is<i>HTML Basics</i></p>
<p>
<strong>Mike T. Frog <br></strong>
100 Lilypad Way <br>
Portland, OR 97227 <br>
</p>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Richard Lambert
Courses Plus Student 2,773 PointsHi,
If you look at the documentation for the <i>
and <em>
elements, you will see that they have different use cases, despite producing the same visual results by default. The challenge is failing because it is looking for use of the <em>
element for semantic purposes
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Text</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Mike's favorite course is <em>HTML Basics</em></p>
<p>
<strong>Mike T. Frog</strong><br>
100 Lilypad Way<br>
Portland, OR 97227
</p>
</body>
</html>
Hope this helps
Steven Parker
231,268 PointsIn practice, your use of the "i" tag would also display in italics. But here the challenge wants you to use the tag that was introduced in the video for this purpose.
The element used in the video " to add emphasis" is the "<em>
" element.
You may also need to restore the space between "is" and "HTML".