Even though it arguably should be, according to HTML5 parsing rules, this is not invalid. It is just interpreted differently from
what most people would probably expect.
I think this is the point of the example, afaiui: The closing tags don’t clarify anything, quite the contrary, actually. They serve only to confuse the reader.
Even though it arguably should be, according to HTML5 parsing rules, this is not invalid. It is just interpreted differently from what most people would probably expect.
I think this is the point of the example, afaiui: The closing tags don’t clarify anything, quite the contrary, actually. They serve only to confuse the reader.