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E Earls Court: The former exhibition hall had no possessive, but the Tube station and neighbourhood is Earl's Court earth: Takes a capital only when used as the proper name of the planet (a mountain on Earth); in this sense, it does not need the definite article. Do not capitalise if used in a figurative sense (what on earth does that mean) EastEnders eBay, iPhone, easyJet: company names starting with a lower-case letter are capped up only at beginning of a sentence) e-book, e-cigarette E. coli ecstasy. No need to give the drug the cap E educationist: Not educationalist Edwardian: Edward VII reigned from 1901 to 1910. (The term is often extended to include the years up to the start of World War I in 1914) E E Cummings Eisteddfod: Plural is eisteddfodau eke out: Means to make something last longer elder of two, eldest of three or more electoral colleges: No cap needed electrocute: If someone is electrocuted they are dead. If they are alive they have received an electric shock embassy: The British embassy, the Russian embassy, etc lower case Emin, Tracey Emwazi, Mohamed. 'Jihadi John' of the 'IS Beatles', nicknames given to Emwazi and his terrorist cell by their hostages. Do not call him an executioner Encyclopaedia Britannica: Otherwise encyclopedia enquire, enquiry: Do not use. Inquire and inquiry are preferred ensure (make certain), insure (reduce monetary risk) Equator escaper or escaped man: Not escapee Eskimo: Use Inuit esports euro: The currency, plural euros. Use the symbol alongside a figure ie €2,000 and give a GBP equivalent in brackets afterwards eurozone (lower case): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden European Convention on Human Rights: Can call it ECHR at second mention or 'the convention' European Court of Human Rights: Technically known as the ECtHR, but do not use that acronym. Call it 'the court', 'the European court', 'the Strasbourg court' at subsequent mentions Europol: This is a European agency and should not be described as 'a European police force' Eurostar: An international passenger train service between Britain, France and Belgium. It is not to be confused with Eurotunnel, which owns the tunnel through which it passes even: This word is mostly unnecessary EVs: Spell out as electric vehicles first ex: As in ex-president Biden is hyphenated and not capped examination: Is preferred to exam in text executions: they are carried out in accordance with military or judicial orders; terrorists and gangsters kill, murder or assassinate people expel: One L, but expelled expert: Be careful how you use this word. It tends to be applied to almost anyone who claims a passing knowledge of the subject eyewitness: You can usually just write 'witness', although sometimes precision is needed