How do I not underline an element in a link?

Make the element to be inline-block and it won't get affected by the underline:

a {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

a #myspan {
  color: black;
  display:inline-block;
}

a:active #myspan {
  color: grey;
}

a:visited #myspan {
  color: yellow;
}

a:hover #myspan {
  color: red;
}
<a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>

Note that text decorations are not propagated to floating and absolutely positioned descendants, nor to the contents of atomic inline-level descendants such as inline blocks and inline tables. ref

To remove the small space between text and span you can get rid of the whitespace and use a small margin:

a {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

a #myspan {
  color: black;
  display:inline-block;
  margin-left:4px;
}


a:active #myspan {
  color: grey;
}

a:visited #myspan {
  color: yellow;
}

a:hover #myspan {
  color: red;
}
<a href="#">A link<span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>


I made a:hover #myspan, a:hover

a {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

a #myspan {
  color: black;
  text-decoration: none;
}

a:active #myspan {
  color: grey;
  text-decoration: none;
}

a:visited #myspan {
  color: yellow;
  text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover #myspan, a:hover {
  color: red;
  text-decoration: none;
}
<a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>

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