From: robgood@bestweb.net   
      
   On Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 7:46:39 PM UTC-4, Snidely wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, Questor queried:   
   > > On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:59:21 -0700 (PDT), Roger House <61rr...@gmail.com>   
   > > wrote:   
   > >> When you, (I'm not referring to any particular person, I'm using "you"   
   > >> generically), are typing, like in word or word perfect for example, on a   
   > >> computer or a word processing machine, is there any way to fully   
   underline,   
   > >> *NOT* underscore, but underline, a word like you can/used to be able to do   
   > >> on a typewriter?   
   > >   
   > > I am failing to grasp the distinction between "underlining" and   
   > > "underscoring." They are considered the same thing in my mind, unless you   
   are   
   > > literally going to cut or crease (score) the paper.   
      
   > Roger doesn't want an underscore /character/, he wants a word or phrase   
   > _underlined_.   
   >   
   > /dps "in the raw score"   
   >   
   > --   
   Unless you're using a typewriter, how is that even an issue?  There are   
   characters that are underlined, and characters that are not.   
   The underline makes up part of the character.  An underscore can't be added   
   retroactively unless you have a way to backspace.   
      
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