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Paragraphs

text must be always enclosed in some element, usually paragraph (it is not possible to have free standing text as in HTML)
two kinds of paragraphs
- para—other block elements can be nested inside para
- simpara—can contain only text or inline elements

source

<para>Sample paragraph. Can be
very, very, … long.</para>

output

Sample paragraph. Can be very, very, … long.