[thelist] anchor tag not allowed within span

[aardvark]

> From: "James Aylard" <webmaster at equilon-mrc.com>
> 
> > the homesite syntax checker tells me that the anchor
> > tag is not allowed within the span tag.  why is that?
> 
>     Homesite is wrong. Placing an anchor element within a span is
>     perfectly
> fine. Both are considered inline elements, and each may contain any
> other inline element (except an anchor may not contain another
> anchor).

is the <span> within a block-level element?

i do believe the W3C validator will fail a floating <a> if it's not in a 
block-level element...

doesn't mean homesite is right, or wrong, but just curious...