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Latest post Tue, Mar 13 2007 11:42 PM by Kooyeen. 3 replies.
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spinnaker  +  338838 Tue, 13 Mar 07 06:53 PM
Sometimes for _ I read:

- underline
- underscore
- and a word which begins with high... but I don't know the rest of it.


Are there any rules to use them or can you just chose which one you would like to use?
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Doll  +  338877 Tue, 13 Mar 07 08:35 PM

Underline and underscore both means emphasizing but underscore is used in American English.The third word may be highlight.They seemed to me interchangable but lets wait for a native speaker answer.You know in English some words are used differently though they have the same meaning

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spinnaker, 2 yr 256 days ago
All this words have the meaning of "_".
I ask for rules or varieties.
Kooyeen  +  338932 Tue, 13 Mar 07 11:42 PM
Hi spinnaker,
if you are asking about the ASCII symbol, then it should be "underscore" ---> _
But when you see a word like this ---> word ----> that word is "underlined" (maybe also "underscored" in American English, but I think the usual word is still "underlined")

Maybe the native speakers will tell us more... Smile [:)]

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