Hopefully this version is easier to understand for non-english speakers.

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This
.BR syslogd (8)
has a syntax extension to the original BSD source, that makes its use
has a syntax extension to the original BSD source, which makes its use
more intuitively. You may precede every priority with an equation sign
(``='') to specify only this single priority and not any of the
above. You may also (both is valid, too) precede the priority with an
exclamation mark (``!'') to ignore all that priorities, either exact
this one or this and any higher priority. If you use both extensions
(``='') to specify that
.B syslogd
should only refer to this single priority and not this priority and
all higher priorities.
You may also precide the priority with an exclamation mark (``!'') if
you want
.B syslogd
to ignore this priority and all higher priorities.
You may even use both, the exclamation mark and the equation sign if
you want
.B syslogd
to ignore only this single priority. If you use both extensions
than the exclamation mark must occur before the equation sign, just
use it intuitively.