<u>: The HTML Unarticulated Non-Textual Annotation Element

1 Description

The HTML <u> element is used to graphically annotate text. A basic example is underlining a misspelled word, or underlining a gramatically incorrect phrase.

The u stands for unarticulated non-textual annotation.

2 Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Example Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Example HTML Page</h1>
        <p>Misspelling words is an <u>unaceptable</u> transgression.</p>
        <p><small>The word 'unacceptable' is misspelled in the above sentence.</small></p>
    </body>
</html>

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