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Currently the conforming alternative form replaces <p> + <br> with individual <p> elements: <p><label>Name: <input name="name"></label></p> <p><label>Address: <input name="address"></label></p> For me this seems a non-conforming use of <p> :-) Its generally considered best practice is to use a list for forms, so I suggest changing to: <li><label>Name: <input name="name"></label></li> <li><label>Address: <input name="address"></label></li> You could wrap this in <ol>, but <p> in non-conforming to <li> in conforming is a good enough hint that another element may be more suitable.
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