It's not clear difference between protected, private protected, and protected internal from given example.

[kgouraw]

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[BillWagner]

Thanks for noting this @kgouraw

It is always a challenge to keep samples brief, and display them online, while explaining how classes in different assemblies have different rules.

We've added this to our backlog to update when we next update these articles.