E - Editorial Style Guide
E
Earl's Court: Takes apostrophe
Earth: Cap only in planetary or astronomical sense
Easter: Cap E
eBay: Note cap B
e-fit: Note hyphen
Ecstasy: Note spelling, use cap E for the drug
Edgware: Not Edgeware
Electrocuted: Is always fatal. You can recover from an electric shock
Email: Note no hyphen
Embarrass: Two Rs and two Ss
Enquiry: To ask a question. Inquiry relates to an official inquiry/public inquiry
Enrol: One l, enrolled has two ls
En suite: Not ensuite
EU: Is the European Union, the collection of states. EC is the European Commission - the body that administers the union. EEC was the European Economic Community now superseded by the EU. Currency: euro, eurocheques, eurobonds all lower case
Expatriate: Someone who lives or works out of the country, different from expatriot: someone who used to love his or her country (opposite of patriot)
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