This text
spans several
lines
and has lots
of extra
whitespace.
The preformatted element keeps the spaces between words the way they are writtenin the text
This text spans several lines and has lots of extra whitespace.
The paragraph element ignores all the spaces between words. It only puts one space regardless of how many there are in the source text.
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Putting the paragraphs inside the division element did not visually affect the text.