Positioning auto with Absolutely positiined elements

Position elements set to auto place the positioned element in the precise locations that edge would have appeared had it not been taken out of the flow. Note: Positions top, left and right have this particular effect. NOT bottom;

by fezec

HTML

<p>
    When we consider the eeffect of positioing it quickly becomes clear that authors can do a great deal of damage to the layout, just as they can do very interesting things.
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</p>

CSS

p{
    margin:0 0 0 45px;
}
span{
    position:absolute;
    top:auto;
    left:auto;
}