So I am rendering some html in asp.net mvc and the raw html like

```
this is text
<br/>
this is another text.

```

What I am looking for is use float on both and give them 50% width so they use 50% of available width. I have full control to use anything in jquery, css to do this.

I am trying to something like `$(".check-form.txt br").before()` I am trying to select the text before br tag and after br tag.

does anyone have idea for this.

If there is no way to do this I thing I should better wrap them in p tag. Does anyone have idea how to wrap them in p tag. I means first line in a p tag and second in another p tag and use some jquery/css magic to float both of them to left and right.