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Old 04-08-2023, 06:07 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans View Post
SIZE="4"]Are <i> and <em> the Same?[/SIZE]

No!
What can you do with <em> that you cannot do with <i>? The answer is nothing. They are exactly the same. The only difference is that <em> was created when someone stupidly decided to dump <i>. Before they brought back <i>, you had to do <em>New York Times</em> until <i> was brought back and you could do <i>New York Times</i>.

You can style <i> and <em> the same. You can give them classes the same. No software reads <i> and <em> differently. In print, there is even less difference. In most cases <em> is used the same as <i> with no styling.

I've not seen any eBook that uses <em> do anything with it other then italicize the text.
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