Earl's Court
station and district. Earls Court exhibition centre. Follow London A-Z for other areas

ecclesiastical titles
Most Rev (archbishop), Right Rev (bishop), Very Rev (dean or provost), the Ven (archdeacon), the Rev John (or Joan) Smith not 'Rev John (or Joan) Smith', 'Rev Smith', 'the Revs Smith and Jones'. Surname only on subsequent mentions. Dr is not automatically correct for a bishop (who may not hold DD)

ecstasy
state and drug

eerie
weird;
Erie North American lake;
eyrie of eagles

effectively
is not a substitute for 'in effect'

e.g
and i.e. take full points

Eire
use Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic

email
no hyphen

Emu
Economic and Monetary Union

encyclopaedia
-paedic

enormity
something monstrous or wicked, not synonymous with large

enquiry
use inquiry

epicentre
is the area of ground directly above the centre of an earthquake.

It is therefore not a synonym for 'dead centre', as it is often miles above the centre (and for why we prefer, miles in this case, to kilometres, see measurements)

Eriksson, Sven-Göran
England football coach

Eta
the Basque left-wing nationalist organisation on first mention

Europe
do not use when you mean the Continent; that Britain is part of Europe

European Union
or EU not EC, which is the European Commission

expatriate, expat
no hyphen

eyewitness
one word, but prefer witness

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