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Misconception: Students add the numbers for ordered list items inside the HTML list item tags.

Misconception: novices struggle with correct syntax for inline CSS when learning web development.

Misconception: Students may have trouble identifying errors in their code that cause elements to disappear from the page.

Misconception: Students may accidentally use obsolete, invalid, or non-existent elements, attributes, or properties when learning web development.

Misconception: HTML Beginners confuse tags with attributes and values.

Misconception: Novice students struggle with understanding and correctly using CSS selectors in advanced and complex ways, particularly with selector specificity.

Misconception: Students may write code in HTML and CSS that contains many errors yet still renders correctly, leaving them with faulty understandings of concepts and acceptable code.

Misconception: Students frequently misunderstand the requirements for hyperlinks in HTML.

Misconception: Students frequently mix up CSS and HTML syntax when first learning web development.

Misconception: Students frequently forget to add delimiters when writing HTML and CSS code, this error is called unclosed pairs.

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