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index 477404cc853..33e3afcc326 100644
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@@ -8712,15 +8712,16 @@ available width), preferred width).</p>
 </p>
 <h4 id="abs-non-replaced-width">Absolutely positioned, non-replaced elements</h4>
 
-<p>For the purposes of this section and the next, the term <span id="static-position"><span class="index">"static position"</span></span>
-(of an element) refers, roughly,
-to the position an element would have had in the normal flow. More
-precisely:
+<p>In this section and the next, the term <span id="static-position">
+<span class="index">"static position"</span></span> (of an element)
+refers roughly to where an [=absolutely positioned element=] would
+appear in the normal flow if it was statically positioned.
+More precisely:
 </p>
 <ul>
 <li>The <dfn>static-position containing block</dfn> is the containing
 block of a hypothetical box that would have been the first box of the
-element if its specified 'position' value had been ''static''
+[=absolutely positioned element=] if its specified 'position' value had been ''static''
 and its specified 'float' had been ''float/none''. (Note that due to the rules
 in <a href="#dis-pos-flo">section&nbsp;9.7</a> this
 hypothetical calculation might require also assuming a different
@@ -8728,10 +8729,9 @@ computed value for 'display'.)
 </li>
 <li>The static position for 'left' is the distance from the left edge
 of the containing block to the left margin edge of a hypothetical box
-that would have been the first box of the element if its 'position' property had been ''static''
-and 'float' had been ''float/none''. The
-value is negative if the hypothetical
-box is to the left of the containing block.
+that would have been the first box of the [=absolutely positioned element=] 
+if its 'position' property had been ''static'' and 'float' had been ''float/none''. 
+The value is negative if the hypothetical box is to the left of the containing block.
 </li>
 <li>The static position for 'right' is the distance from the right
 edge of the containing block to the right margin edge of the same
@@ -8749,8 +8749,8 @@ block of fixed positioned elements is the initial containing block
 instead of the viewport, and all scrollable boxes should be assumed to
 be scrolled to their origin.
 
-<p>The constraint that determines the used values for these
-elements is:</p>
+<p>For [=absolutely positioned element=], the used values of the horizontal 
+dimensions must satisfy this constraint:</p>
 
   <blockquote>
     <p>'left' + 'margin-left' + 'border-left-width' + 'padding-left' + 'width'
@@ -9272,15 +9272,14 @@ that the child box may be an <a href="#anonymous-block-level">anonymous block bo
 
 <h4 id="abs-non-replaced-height">Absolutely positioned, non-replaced elements</h4>
 
-<p>For the purposes of this section and the next, the term "static
-position" (of an element) refers, roughly, to the position an element
-would have had in the normal flow. More precisely, the static position
+<p>In this section and the next, the term "static position" (of an element) 
+refers roughly to where an [=absolutely positioned element=] would appear in the 
+normal flow if it was statically positioned. More precisely, the static position 
 for 'top' is the distance from the top edge of the containing block to
-the top margin edge of a hypothetical box that would have been the
-first box of the element if its specified 'position' value had been ''static''
-and its specified 'float' had been
-''float/none'' and its specified 'clear'
-had been ''clear/none''. (Note that due to the rules
+the top margin edge of a hypothetical box that would have been the first box of 
+the absolutely positioned element if its specified 'position' 
+value had been ''static'' and its specified 'float' had been ''float/none'' 
+and its specified 'clear' had been ''clear/none''. (Note that due to the rules
 in <a href="#dis-pos-flo">section&nbsp;9.7</a> this might
 require also assuming a different computed value for 'display'.)
 The value is negative if the hypothetical box is above the containing
@@ -9294,8 +9293,8 @@ position.
 block of fixed positioned elements is the initial containing block
 instead of the viewport.
 
-<p>For absolutely positioned elements, the used values of the vertical
-dimensions must satisfy this constraint:</p>
+<p>For [=absolutely positioned element|absolutely positioned elements=], 
+the used values of the vertical dimensions must satisfy this constraint:</p>
 
   <blockquote>
     <p>'top' + 'margin-top' + 'border-top-width' + 'padding-top' +      'height'
@@ -9346,8 +9345,8 @@ values for 'margin-top' and 'margin-bottom' are set to 0 and solve for
 <h4 id="abs-replaced-height">Absolutely positioned, replaced elements</h4>
 
 <p>This situation is similar to the previous one, except that the
-element has an <a href="#intrinsic">intrinsic</a> height. The
-sequence of substitutions is now:
+[=absolutely positioned element=] has an <a href="#intrinsic">intrinsic</a> height. 
+The sequence of substitutions is now:
 </p>
 <ol>