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Asked: 2026-05-16T14:20:19+00:00

Sounds like that is possible, per W3C am able to validate the following HTML

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Sounds like that is possible, per W3C am able to validate the following HTML code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
   <title>Inline can another inline?</title>
</head>
<body>
   <div>
      <span>some text <span>comes here</span>.</span>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Is that means an inline can contain another inline? Am confused, so long I thought only block-level elements can contain another block-level or inline elements. Also thought inline elements can contain only text. Can any one give some theory here with W3C reference or some reference, please? Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    That’s correct. It’s described in HTML spec chapter 7 The global structure of an HTML document:

    7.5.3 Block-level and inline elements

    Content model – Generally, block-level elements may contain inline elements and other block-level elements. Generally, inline elements may contain only data and other inline elements. Inherent in this structural distinction is the idea that block elements create "larger" structures than inline elements.

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