Internet Explorer CSS mirroring content? - css

I'm having an issue with css in Internet Explorer, however it is only showing when i'm testing in Browserstack. It shows on all versions of IE that I test on with Windows 7. On my PC it appears fine with my version of IE and when I change the browser mode from within. I'm not sure if it's a quirk or Browserstack or an IE issue that i'm missing.
The area concerned has 2 paragraph tags, 1 floated left the other right, both width 45%, display block, overflow hidden. Each has an anchor tag inside display block, with a background color and border on. The second link is like it's mirroring itself, looks really odd and i can't find anything on this, anyone seen this before and know how to fix? Or is it a Browserstack quirk?
Screenshot of what's happening here
Thanks!
edit, added code:
<style>
a.button {
background: #c10075;
-webkit-background-clip: padding-box;
color: white;
display: inline-block;
padding: 15px 0;
border-radius: 4px;
border: 2px solid #c10075;
border-bottom: 2px solid #8e0056;
border-right: 2px solid #8e0056;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-align: center;
font-family: Rokkitt, serif, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 28px;
display: block;
}
a.button:hover {
background: #8e0056;
border: 2px solid #8e0056;
color: white;
}
.cta-buttons p{
width: 45%;
float: left;
}
.cta-buttons p.last{
float: right;
}
</style>
<div class="container cta-buttons">
<p>
Apply now
</p>
<p class="last">
Book your visit
</p>
</div><!-- .cta-buttons -->

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Your code as-is doesn't seem to display a working page, at least for me in Chrome or Firefox. The p element containing "some text" is displaying with top: -200px, off the page to the top, and the background is white so I can't see anything until I mouseover the link.
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It's not clear to me what you're trying to do here!

Why the input box is showing so different on iPad but not on chrome [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
iOS forces rounded corners and glare on inputs
(6 answers)
Closed last month.
I have a site which is working properly except for the input field and submit button next to it. They are not showing properly on iPad. The height of the input box is slightly more than the submit button, making it look weird.
What I think is that Safari mobile has different viewports(1024px) etc, but renders the same WebKit appearance as of Chrome. Then why the input box is showing different on iPad?
Here is how it looks in Google Chrome on my desktop:
And here is how it looks on iPad:
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This snippet of CSS will remove the default WebKit styling from your textboxes:
input[type="text"] {
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Works on iOS 7 too.
Try to use -webkit-appearance to get rid of the default styles.
Check this answer: iOS forces rounded corners and glare on inputs

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Updated fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/y3MBC/14/
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Looks like you haven't specified a width for the div's. Try this:
.fl{float: left; width: 100%}
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Also if you plan on using margin/padding add a display: inline to your floated elements to prevent old IE from doubling the amount of margin/padding.
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And then add this line:
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code for you code lovers:
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Try this in isolation. I recommend using a reset.css file to force all browsers to treat apples as apples, and then styling your INPUT and A elements accordingly.
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