why is this html looks like this?

[Tim]

On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 12:50 -0800, S Mathias wrote:
> if i put it in "< pre >", then it's good.
> but if it isn't in "< pre >" then the lines ends are random. why dont
> they end in the same vertical line?

You may benefit from looking at links like these:

HTML specifications:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html/

A more tutorial-based approach to understanding HTML:
http://www.htmlhelp.com/

I'd specifically advise against sites like W3Schools, as they teach
things wrongly.  And a newcomer isn't going to spot that.

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