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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications Paragraph Tags

1:38 "Second Paragraph has a Bottom Margin"

To me, it seems unclear as if the second paragraph text (inner) has the margin or simply the <p>paragraph</p> text causes the "third paragraph" to have leading space (or second has trailing space).

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Thurston Daly
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Thurston Daly
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From what I'm seeing, the <p> and </p> tags will add margin before and after the text. This is why you see a space before the text not using the <p> tags that is entered immediately after the </p> but no space when text is added following text without a </p>

That is exactly my understanding, <p></p> ensures that inside text is treated as a separate paragraph. Text typed after </p> will automatically start after the margin.