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HTML HTML Forms HTML Mastery

Posted by Jacob Baker
Jacob Baker
1,584 Points

why is this code not adequate? <p>text text <b>bold text</b> text text</p>

seems simple enough.

1 Answer

Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points
Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points

Instead of <b> we're looking for <strong> here.

While the difference is very subtle you can check out the W3C definitions of what these elements semantically mean in their articles on the b element and the strong element. Hope that helps!