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<title>Absolutely positioning an element consistently with its “static” position</title>
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<p>
When we consider the effect of positioning, it quickly becomes clear that authors
can do a great deal of damage to layout, just as they can do very interesting
things.<span style="position: absolute; top: auto; left: auto;">[4]</span>
This is usually the case with useful technologies: the sword always has
at least two edges, both of them sharp.
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