underline - Different words? Any rules?

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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?

spinnaker

Joined on Sat, Apr 23 2005

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Underline, Underscore

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

Doll

Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007

Turkey

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American English, Underline, Underscore

spinnaker

#338887 Tue, 13 Mar 07 09:13 PM

All this words have the meaning of "_".
I ask for rules or varieties.

spinnaker

Underline

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 [:)]

Kooyeen

Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005

Italy

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American English, Underline, Underscore