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Old 08-10-2023, 09:07 AM   #1678
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
And of course, <em></em> really should be <i></i>. So there's another mistake used by the eBook editor(s).
In this case, <em> is correct.

<em> is a tag with semantic meaning: emphasis. In the examples listed, the author was trying to denote that the word or words were being spoken with emphasis.

<i> should be used when style rules specifically call for italics, like a title of a book, play, or movie, or to denote actual italic text being described (like a sign that a character sees).

If you are reading your book with your eyes, the results of <em> and <i> will often look the same. But, if you are using a proper text-to-speech, it would speak text styled by <em> differently from the same text styled by <i>.
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