HTML element that contains no formatting

I'm constantly modifying some text on a web page with JavaScript. I want the text to be in-line with other elements, like texts, inputs, etc. What HTML element should I use? Both <di开发者_高级运维v> and <p> create new-lines and other things. <b> kind of does what I want, but it bolds all the text. What's the correct alternative?

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The <span> tag is the in-line equivalent of <div>.

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<span>

you could also apply a display:inline style to a <div> and get similar results

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You can apply a float, inline or inline-block to elements to get them to show up next to other elements. You can also use span.

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Use the font-weight CSS property to make the <b> element not bold and to keep everything inline:

.format {
  font-weight: normal;
}

<b class="format">I am some text</b>