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`<p>`

Represents a paragraph — a block of running text separated from its neighbors. Use it for prose; do not use it as a generic wrapper for other block-level content.

Syntax

<p>Some paragraph text.</p>

Common attributes

Attribute	Purpose
class	Styling hook
id	Anchor / JS hook
lang	Language of this paragraph
dir	Text direction (ltr, rtl, auto)

Examples

<p>HTML is the language of the web.</p>

Standard paragraph

<p lang="fr">Bonjour le monde.</p>

Paragraph in French for correct hyphenation and TTS

<p>Line one<br>Line two</p>

Line break inside a paragraph

Gotcha

cannot contain block-level elements like

— the browser will silently close the paragraph and break your layout. Empty

Related tags

<span>

Generic inline container with no semantic meaning, used to style or script a run of text or inline content. Use it when semantic inline elements like <em>, <strong>, or <code> don't fit.

<h1>

The top-level heading, describing the main topic of the page or its sectioning root. Modern practice allows one <h1> per page (the page title) or one per sectioning element — pick a convention and stick to it.

<a>

The anchor element creates a hyperlink to another page, a file, an in-page anchor, an email, or a phone number. It is the fundamental building block of the web's link graph and a key SEO signal.

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