<body>
  <div id="m1">
    <span>내용1_1</span>
    <span>내용1_2</span>
    <span>내용1_3</span>
  </div>
  <div id="m2">
    <strong>내용2_1</strong>
    <span>내용2_2</span>
    <strong>내용2_3</strong>
    <span>내용2_4</span>
  </div>
  <div id="m3">
    <span>내용3_1</span>
    <span>내용3_2</span>
    <span>내용3_3</span>
  </div>
  <div id="m4">
    <strong>내용4_1</strong>
    <span>내용4_2</span>
    <strong>내용4_3</strong>
    <span>내용4_4</span>
    <strong>내용4_5</strong>
    <span>내용4_6</span>
  </div>
  <div id="m5">
    <span>내용5_1</span>
  </div>
  <div id="m6">
    <strong>내용6_1</strong>
    <span>내용6_2</span>
  </div>
</body>
span {
  margin: 5px;
  display: inline-block;
}
$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#m1 > span:first-child").css("border", "2px solid red");
  $("#m1 > span:last-child").css("border", "2px solid red");
  $("#m2 > span:first-of-type").css("border", "2px solid orange");
  $("#m2 > span:last-of-type").css("border", "2px solid orange");
  $("#m3 > span:nth-child(1)").css("border", "2px solid yellow");
  $("#m3 > span:nth-last-child(1)").css("border", "2px solid yellow");
  $("#m4 > span:nth-of-type(1)").css("border", "2px solid green");
  $("#m4 > span:nth-last-of-type(1)").css("border", "2px solid green");
  $("#m5 > span:only-child").css("border", "2px solid blue");
  $("#m6 > span:only-of-type").css("border", "2px solid navy");
})

External CSS

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External JavaScript

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