title: span width not properly setting in ie9 but working in ie 11
body: <p>we have a page having span tags with different widths. Initially in ie11 the widths weren't properly set. Hence we added the following css change to orient it correctly and <strong>it worked</strong> </p>
  
  <pre><code>span{
      display: inline-block;
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but the same css change is not working properly for ie9 . We followed some SO suggestions and tried adding doctype but it didnt work out.</p>
  
  <p>Can you please suggest?</p>