What is a good rule for when to prepend members with 'this' (C#)?

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If I am accessing a member field, property, or method, I'm never sure when I should prepend it with 'this'.

I am not asking about cases where it is required, like in the case where a local variable has the same name. I am talking about cases where the meaning is exactly the same. Which is more readable? Are there any standards, best practices, or rules of thumb I should be following? Should it just be consistent throughout a class, or an entire code base?

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