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>The <i> HTML element represents a range of text that is set off from the normal text for some reason, such as idiomatic text This seems backwards to me. Doesn
by Thorrez 4y ago
>The <i> HTML element represents a range of text that is set off from the normal text for some reason, such as idiomatic text
This seems backwards to me. Doesn't "idiomatic" mean natural-sounding? Setting it off from the normal text seems kind of the opposite.
- IshKebab 4y agoNo. Idiomatic means "the normal way of doing things" basically. So in that context they are trying to say "et cetera" is the normal way to say "and so on" even though it's not English. It's a big stretch though. You wouldn't use "idiomatic" to describe that text unless you really wanted to find a word starting with i.
- Thorrez 4y agoWhat you're saying seems to agree with my point. If something is "the normal way of doing things", why would it be "set off from the normal text". You're saying idomatic means normal, whereas MDN says it means "set off from the normal", aka abnormal.