[html5] inline lists - correct markup?

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 4 May 2010, Eitan Adler wrote:
>
> What is the appropriate way to mark up inline lists?
> Something like:
> "I went to the store and bought eggs, cheese, and milk."
> or
> "I added three things in order to help: blah, deblah, and more blah"
> 
> I could imagine something like
> <style>
> .il {
> display:inline;
> list-style-type:none;
> }
> </style>
> I went to the store and bought <ul class="il"><li class="il">eggs,
> </li><li class="il">cheese, </li><li class="il">and milk.</li></ul>
> which seems a bit much.
> 
> Are <ul> and <ol> not meant to be used in this way?

You can use them that way if you really want, but really I would recommend 
just using:

   <p>I went to the store and bought eggs, cheese, and milk.</p>

   <p>I added three things in order to help: blah, deblah, and more 
   blah.</p>

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