I'm having a little problem attempting to validate my page as HTML 4.01 Transitional. I have the following link on my website:<br />
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<a href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/maps/us/insert/Tmap/extDD/*-http://maps.yahoo.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a><br />
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And it returns the following 8 errors:<br />
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1. Line 28, column 109: cannot generate system identifier for general entity "tcsz"<br />
...yahoo.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=<br />
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2. Line 28, column 109: general entity "tcsz" not defined and no default entity<br />
...yahoo.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=<br />
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3. Line 28, column 113: reference to entity "tcsz" for which no system identifier could be generated<br />
...o.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us"><br />
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4. Line 28, column 108: entity was defined here<br />
....yahoo.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry<br />
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5. Line 28, column 140: cannot generate system identifier for general entity "tcountry"<br />
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...d+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a> <br><br><br />
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6. Line 28, column 140: general entity "tcountry" not defined and no default entity<br />
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...d+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a> <br><br><br />
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7. Line 28, column 148: reference to entity "tcountry" for which no system identifier could be generated<br />
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...sz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a> <br><br><br />
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8. Line 28, column 139: entity was defined here<br />
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...nd+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a> <br><br><br />
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All of these errors are insinde a link and are a valid address! Does this really make my HTML invalid? If so, how can I make it valid?<!--content-->Use & instead of the & sign.<!--content-->Thank you kindly, all the errors went away!
<!--content-->~Bows~ <!--content-->Watch, Jona, that your head doesn't get too large. Pretty soon, you won't be able to life it! - Just as me mum would say!<!--content-->On the contrary, I'm constantly humbled, as you'll see if you search the forums for a while... Kind of hard to find, but there are a lot more of them in there; I've just already learned this in particular and was sharing my knowledge, the "bowing" was all in good fun.<!--content-->Sure, Jona, Sure... 
Seriosly, though, I've been constantly humbled as well since I joined this forum, as we all are. I think I even remember seeing a post where pyro had a question! <!--content-->
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<a href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/maps/us/insert/Tmap/extDD/*-http://maps.yahoo.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a><br />
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And it returns the following 8 errors:<br />
<br />
<br />
1. Line 28, column 109: cannot generate system identifier for general entity "tcsz"<br />
...yahoo.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=<br />
<br />
2. Line 28, column 109: general entity "tcsz" not defined and no default entity<br />
...yahoo.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=<br />
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3. Line 28, column 113: reference to entity "tcsz" for which no system identifier could be generated<br />
...o.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us"><br />
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4. Line 28, column 108: entity was defined here<br />
....yahoo.com/dd?taddr=1616+Richmond+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry<br />
<br />
5. Line 28, column 140: cannot generate system identifier for general entity "tcountry"<br />
<br />
...d+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a> <br><br><br />
<br />
6. Line 28, column 140: general entity "tcountry" not defined and no default entity<br />
<br />
...d+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a> <br><br><br />
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7. Line 28, column 148: reference to entity "tcountry" for which no system identifier could be generated<br />
<br />
...sz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a> <br><br><br />
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8. Line 28, column 139: entity was defined here<br />
<br />
...nd+Ave&tcsz=Staten Island%2C+NY+10314&tcountry=us">Directions</a> <br><br><br />
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All of these errors are insinde a link and are a valid address! Does this really make my HTML invalid? If so, how can I make it valid?<!--content-->Use & instead of the & sign.<!--content-->Thank you kindly, all the errors went away!
<!--content-->~Bows~ <!--content-->Watch, Jona, that your head doesn't get too large. Pretty soon, you won't be able to life it! - Just as me mum would say!<!--content-->On the contrary, I'm constantly humbled, as you'll see if you search the forums for a while... Kind of hard to find, but there are a lot more of them in there; I've just already learned this in particular and was sharing my knowledge, the "bowing" was all in good fun.<!--content-->Sure, Jona, Sure... Seriosly, though, I've been constantly humbled as well since I joined this forum, as we all are. I think I even remember seeing a post where pyro had a question! <!--content-->