Example for Checkpoint |
<BLOCKQUOTE> element:
The BLOCKQUOTE element is meant to identify a block of text as a quote - separate and distinct from the surrounding text. That is why most browsers indent text identified with the BLOCKQUOTE tags. However, because most browsers did this people began using BLOCKQUOTE to do some simple page layout. We encourage you to return BLOCKQUOTE to its original purpose and use stylesheets to do your text formatting. Use the BLOCKQUOTE element only to offset quoted blocks of text in a meaningful manner, like this:
In chapter 7, Bob speaks his most important words:
I'm going home at midnight!
The BLOCKQUOTE tags surround the actual quotation in this example:
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