title: When to use <p> vs. <br>
body: <p>What's the verdict on when you should use another <code>&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;</code> instead of a <code>&lt;br /&gt;</code> tag? What's are the best practices for this kind of thing?</p>
  
  <p>I looked around for this question, but most of the writing seems a bit old, so I'm not sure whether opinions about this topic have evolved since.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: to clarify the question, here is the situation that I am dealing with. Would you use <code>&lt;br&gt;</code>'s or <code>&lt;p&gt;</code>'s for the following content (imagine it's contained in a div on a homepage):</p>
  
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  <p>Welcome to the home page.</p>
  
  <p>Check out our stuff.</p>
  
  <p>You really should.</p>
  
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  <p>Now, these lines are not technically 'paragraphs'. So would you mark this up by surrounding the whole block in a <code>&lt;p&gt;</code> tag with <code>&lt;br&gt;</code>'s in between, or instead use separate <code>&lt;p&gt;</code>'s for each line?</p>