> > Take the following sentence: "Mark went to the store and bought
eggs,
> > milk, bread, chicken, rice, and corn." Doesn't that sentence contain
a
> > unordered list?
> Good point. I'm still not in agreement that <ul>/<ol>'s should be
> nested in <p>'s though. Maybe someone can clarify in the discussion
> how to view semantics in the context of this example.
Dictionary.com's definition of 'paragraph':
"A distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new,
usually indented line, consists of one or more sentences, and typically
deals with a single thought or topic or quotes one speaker's continuous
words."
I read 'one or two sentences' as meaning not lists, so semantically
speaking a paragraph can't have a list in it, but I see the argument.
If I was concerned about "Mark went to the store and bought eggs, milk,
bread, chicken, rice, and corn." containing a list, I might do:
<p>Mark went to the store and bought:</p>
<ul>
<li>eggs</li>
<li>milk</li>
...etc...
</ul>
I would tend to see that as 'continuous words' though, rather than an
explicit list.
Either way, I think the standard's got it right and you shouldn't nest
ul's or ol's *in* a paragraph.
Patrick
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