Display to two divs inline side by side

Question

I am trying to stuck two divs side by side using inline-block.

However for some reason it won't just work. With this I have two questions:

1. How can I display inline block side by side the <nav> and the <article> container. The nav will be floated on left while the article will be floated on the right. Again how can I use display: inline-block with this. I don't need a float.

2. How can I change list style of the ul li ul li and fix their position that are indented like this: http://prntscr.com/7koc47

Here's my CSS:

/* http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ 
   v2.0 | 20110126
   License: none (public domain)
*/

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
article, aside, canvas, details, embed, 
figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup, 
menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary,
time, mark, audio, video {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	font-size: 100%;
	font: inherit;
	vertical-align: baseline;
}
/* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */
article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, 
footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
	display: block;
}
body {
	line-height: 1;
}
ol, ul {
	list-style: none;
}
blockquote, q {
	quotes: none;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
	content: '';
	content: none;
}
table {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border-spacing: 0;
}


/* General CSS */

body{
	background-color: #eeeeee;
	font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, Serif;
	font-size: 17px;
}

#wrapper{
	width: 970px;
	margin: 0 auto;

}


header{
	background-color: #dddddd;
	padding: 15px;
	margin: 15px 0;
}

header h1{
	font-size: 40px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

nav{
	background-color: #dddddd;

}

nav{
	display: inline-block;
}

nav ul li{
	list-style: disc;
}

nav ul > li{
	list-style: circle;
}

nav ul li a{
	text-decoration: none;
}



article{
	display: inline-block;
	background-color: #aaaaaa;
	margin: 20px 0;
}


article h2{
	font-size: 30px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin: 20px 0;
}


article ul li{
	list-style: disc;
	margin: 15px 0;
}

article ul li a{
	font-weight: bold;

}

footer{
	background-color: #dddddd;
	margin: 15px 0;
}

.border{
	-webkit-border-radius: 25px;
	-moz-border-radius: 25px;
	border-radius: 25px;
	padding: 25px;
}

<div id="wrapper">

<header class="border">
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</header>

<nav id="links" class="border">
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            <li><a href="#">assignment</a></li>
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        </li>
    

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    </ul>
</nav>  

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</article>


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Answer 1

Here is your CSS:

nav{
    display: inline-block;
}
nav ul:first-child > li:first-child {
    list-style: none;
}
nav ul:first-child > li:first-child > a{
    position: relative;
    left: -20px;
}
nav > ul > li > ul > li {
    list-style: disc !important;
}

nav ul ul > li{
    list-style: circle !important;
    padding-left: 10px;
}


nav ul li a{
    text-decoration: none;
}