Index: wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css
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--- wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css	(revision 21920)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css	(working copy)
@@ -1198,14 +1198,7 @@
 .required {
 	color: red;
 }
-label ~ span.required {
-	display: block;
-	float: left;
-	margin: -18px 0 0 -16px;
-	margin: -1.285714286rem 0 0 -1.142857143rem;
-}
 
-
 /* =Front page template
 -------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
Index: wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css	(revision 21920)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css	(working copy)
@@ -2123,7 +2123,6 @@
 	font-weight: bold;
 	left: 75%;
 	position: absolute;
-	top: 45px;
 	z-index: 1;
 }
 #respond .comment-notes,
Index: wp-includes/comment-template.php
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--- wp-includes/comment-template.php	(revision 21920)
+++ wp-includes/comment-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -1521,9 +1521,9 @@
 	$req = get_option( 'require_name_email' );
 	$aria_req = ( $req ? " aria-required='true'" : '' );
 	$fields =  array(
-		'author' => '<p class="comment-form-author">' . '<label for="author">' . __( 'Name' ) . '</label> ' . ( $req ? '<span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) .
+		'author' => '<p class="comment-form-author">' . '<label for="author">' . __( 'Name' ) . ( $req ? ' <span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) . '</label> ' .
 		            '<input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author'] ) . '" size="30"' . $aria_req . ' /></p>',
-		'email'  => '<p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">' . __( 'Email' ) . '</label> ' . ( $req ? '<span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) .
+		'email'  => '<p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">' . __( 'Email' ) . ( $req ? ' <span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) . '</label> ' .
 		            '<input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="' . esc_attr(  $commenter['comment_author_email'] ) . '" size="30"' . $aria_req . ' /></p>',
 		'url'    => '<p class="comment-form-url"><label for="url">' . __( 'Website' ) . '</label>' .
 		            '<input id="url" name="url" type="text" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_url'] ) . '" size="30" /></p>',