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HTML code using &lt; and &gt; does not seem to work

I have some code to put into my html page via Dreamweaver. For this question, I will present a comment line.

The code was given to me with entities &gt and &lt instead of > and <.

First off, I saw that semi-colons were absent. So I added ; to each &gt and &lt. Still does not work as described next.

I am supposed to use the first line below, but it does not work. It does not become a comment. In the second line, when I replace the entities with < and >, the line is commented out, that is, it works.

Does not work -----> 

Works -----> 

Two questions. First, why are the entities used instead of < and >.
Second, what is wrong with the line that does not work.

Ryan Chong

to comment in HTML we need to use 

Just try enter this comments in the Code Portion, instead of Design Portion in your Dreamweaver?

cornell256

ASKER

Thanks for the reply. As stated above, it works with the 
That is a comment, fine.

I need to make it work with the XML entities, or understand why that won't work. It should work fine.

I am using the Code portion of Dreamweaver.

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cornell256

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Thanks - that makes sense.

gamebits

Thanks for the points and the grade.

Gamebits

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