I think this is the step where I learned Safari wouldn’t let me proceed - and I see another post here with a similar issue to yours, about the same step (Step 12 - Cat Photos App)
I think you need to understand that white spaces are words too, so if you have extra spaces inside the p element it wont work too. Just in case:
<p>
This is text, <a>this is text inside a p element and is also a link</a>
</p>
<p>
This is another text, <img src="workplace.jpg" alt="Workplace">the image before is also a link</a>. I hope this examples will help you to understand the anchor element syntax.
</p>
The p element is a block element (it sits in a new line, because it takes all the available space, from left to right)
and the anchor, a, element is an inline element (like a word or a white space, it sits side by side with other words and inline elements, and only takes the space that its content needs).
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