E - Editorial Style Guide

Feb 17 2010

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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 EEC was the European Economic Community now superseded by the EU.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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