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title: "Why do we use style sheets?"  
description: "Why do we use style sheets?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2012-12-17  
updated: 2012-12-17  
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category: "css-css3"  
tags: ["css-css3"]  
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# Why do we use style sheets?

Hi every one \
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[please tell me](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33900/please-tell-me-what-are-the-technique-to-content-optimization) why do we use [style](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126300/apa-citation-style-get-to-know-about-it-for-your-next-assignment) sheets?\
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Thanks

## Replies

### Reply by AVADHESH PATEL

Hi Jayprakash Sharma\
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**Answer:** SGML (of which HTML is a derivative) was meant to be a device-independent method for conveying a document's structural and semantic content (its meaning.) It was never meant to convey physical formatting information. HTML has crossed this line and now contains many elements and attributes which specify visual style and formatting information. One of the main reasons for style sheets is to stop the creation of new HTML physical formatting constructs and once again separate style information from document content.


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