="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#counter"/>
  <style type="text/css">* { margin: 0; padding: 0 }

  body { white-space: nowrap; }


  .scope { counter-reset: c 1; }
  .scope:before, .scope:after { content: counter(c); }
  .c:before { content: counter(c); }

  .one:before { counter-reset: c 2; }
  .two { counter-reset: c 3; }

  </style>
 </head>
 <body>

 <p>The next 2 lines should be identical:</p>

 <div>
   <span class="scope"><span class="one c"><span class="c"></span></span><span c