The <blockquote> element is used for longer quotes that take up an entire paragraph.
This is usally displayed as indented text.
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
The <q> element is used for in-line quotes. Most browsers show this with quote marks around it.
As A.A. Milne said,
Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.
Each of these (blockquote, quote) can include the cite attribute to specify
the source of the citation e.g.:
<blockquote cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh">
The <cite> element defines the title of a creative work (e.g. a book, a poem, a song, a movie, a painting, a sculpture, etc.).
It is usually displayed as italic.
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking has sold over ten million copies worldwide.
The <abbr> element together with the title attribute. Example:
<abbr title="Professor">Prof</abbr> Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist.
Prof Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist.
The <dfn> element is used to introduce a definition.
It can be used alone like this:
<dfn title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</dfn> is the standard markup language for creating web pages.
which gives:
HTML is the standard markup language for creating web pages.
It can be used with the title attribute:
<dfn>HTML</dfn> is the standard markup language for creating web pages.
HTML is the standard markup language for creating web pages.
It can also enclose an <abbr> element:
<dfn><abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr><dfn> is the standard markup language for creating web pages.
HTML is the standard markup language for creating web pages.
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