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Expand Up @@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ You can also add a run-time type check and a variable declaration to a property

:::code language="csharp" source="snippets/patterns/PropertyPattern.cs" id="WithTypeCheck":::

This specifially means that the *empty* property pattern `is { }` matches everything non-null, and can be used instead of the `is not null` to create a variable: `somethingPossiblyNull is { } somethingDefinitelyNotNull`.
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Corrected spelling of 'specifially' to 'specifically'.

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This specifially means that the *empty* property pattern `is { }` matches everything non-null, and can be used instead of the `is not null` to create a variable: `somethingPossiblyNull is { } somethingDefinitelyNotNull`.
This specifically means that the *empty* property pattern `is { }` matches everything non-null, and can be used instead of the `is not null` to create a variable: `somethingPossiblyNull is { } somethingDefinitelyNotNull`.

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A property pattern is a recursive pattern. You can use any pattern as a nested pattern. Use a property pattern to match parts of data against nested patterns, as the following example shows:

:::code language="csharp" source="snippets/patterns/PropertyPattern.cs" id="RecursivePropertyPattern":::
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