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Re:Learn CSS by goto11 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @05:50AM (#27245049)
Abuse only in the sense they were not designed for this purpose. Like people using <blockquote> to create margins.

It is like using a screwdriver to knock in a nail because you don't have a hammer - better than nothing, but not what a screwdriver is designed for.

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Re:Learn CSS by sodapopcan on Saturday May 22, 2021 @09:03PM (#27251620)
A table is an extension of a grid and therefore actually in the same ballpark as the proper tool for layout whereas using <blockquote> to create margins is totally random (though perhaps someone could stretch an explanation).

It's of course pedantic to discuss all this now as those days are thankfully long gone :D

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