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Unclosed Strong Star Emphasis

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A **strong** run opens with ** but no closing ** appears before the end of the block.

Q-2-13 — Unclosed Strong Star Emphasis

A **strong** run opens with ** but no closing ** appears before the end of the block.

What this means

Double-star strong emphasis (**text**) must be balanced inside the same block. This error fires when an opening ** appears without a matching close before the block ends.

Why this happens

A typo, an unclosed sentence mid-edit, or a deletion that removed the closing ** but left the opener.

How to fix

Add the closing ** at the intended end, or escape literal asterisks if you intended them as plain characters.

Example

**