I thought MS did not recommend using the underscore prefix for fields.
Do you have a reference to this recommendation?
They certainly don't use if here :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173118.aspx

>If you follow standard .NET naming conventions, it isn't an issue at all.
>
>If a variable: customerName
>If a class: CustomerName
>If a field: _customerName
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>>I was talking about remembering whether a variable is customername, Customername or CustomerName. Craig indicates the IDE helps you.
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>>Alex