[Tex2002ans]

Originally Posted by SomeSteve

Thanks for all the information (and, again, to everyone else who chimed in). It's all way above my pay grade, but I do manage to absorb bits here and there.

And this is what I meant by highlighting helping you see the differences:



HTML:

<p><i>Wow, I did</i> not <i>do good at all.</i></p>
<p><i>Wow, I did <em>not</em> do good at all.</i></p>

The 1st is how you typical word processor would spit it out.

The 2nd is the type of HTML you would ultimately aim for:

• <i> = Italics marks the entire "inner thought".
• <em> = Emphasis marks the emphasized word.

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Side Note: And this is the CSS I used to create the above image:

/* These 2 control the emphasis-inside-italics or italics-inside-italics. */

i em {
  font-style: normal;
}
i i {
  font-style: normal;
}

/* These 2 temporarily highlight the italics or emphasis while proofing. */

i {
  background-color: yellow;
}
em {
  background-color: orange;
}