Is use of <u>underline</u> deprecated and non validated?

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Jitendra Vyas picture Jitendra Vyas · Jan 21, 2010 · Viewed 33.5k times · Source

Is use of underline deprecated and non validated?

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Jonny Haynes picture Jonny Haynes · Jan 21, 2010

It's deprecated in HTML 4 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/graphics.html#edef-U so won't validate.

Use styles instead. Maybe a <span> tag. Although, if you want the thing you're trying to add an underline to, to be emphasized without styles enabled. Use an <em> tag and use CSS to give it an underline.

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