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Fiendish markup quiz

16th August 2002

Hixie has posed a fiendish markup quiz—spot the four markup errors in a document that validates. It’s harder than it sounds. I’ve mailed off my answers, but I’m not expecting to get full marks.

Update: 4 out of 4! :D

Posted 16th August 2002 at 11:06 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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