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 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
+<html lang="en">
 <head>
   <title>CSS Layout Exercises | Home</title>
   <meta charset="utf-8" name="description" content="Layout exercise for Thinkful's front end web development course">
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ <h1>CSS layout exercises</h1>
     <p><a href="float-exercise.html">Solution: Float Exercise</a></p>
   </ul>
 </body>
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+</html>
