Unclear instructions about editing CSS properties

### MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core/Styling_basics/Handling_conflicts

### What specific section or headline is this issue about?

Playing with inheritance control properties

### What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

Perhaps the instructions in item 4 of [this section](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core/Styling_basics/Handling_conflicts#playing_with_inheritance_control_properties) could be phrased better?

> After reading the next section on resetting all properties, come back and change the `color` property to `all`. Notice how the second link is on a new line and has a bullet. What properties do you think were inherited?

```css
body {
color: green;
}

.my-class-1 a {
all: inherit;
}

.my-class-2 a {
all: initial;
}

.my-class-3 a {
all: unset;
}
```

If one just replaces the `color` property with the `all` property in the `body` rule, then the result is `all: green;`, but `green` is not a valid value for `all`. As a beginner user of CSS, it was not immediately clear to me that I should be replacing the `color` property with the `all` property in the `a` rules instead of the `body` rule.

### What did you expect to see?

Perhaps it should state explicitly what rules the change should apply to:
> After reading the next section on resetting all properties, come back and replace the `color` property with the `all` property in the `a` rules. Notice how the second link is on a new line and has a bullet. What properties do you think were inherited?

Also, maybe it would be worth adding an explanation of why the second link is on a new line and has a bullet.

### Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

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### Do you have anything more you want to share?

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* MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core/Styling_basics/Handling_conflicts
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