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Referencing

effect, affect

see affect

eg, etc

avoid except in tables, forms. Use “for example” instead

eHealth

e-journal, e-book, e-library, e-portfolio

still hyphenated, for clarity

elderly

avoid; use older people or older person instead

email

no hyphen

email and website addresses

no full stop if email address comes at the end of a sentence, likewise web addresses. Avoid using someone’s name and then repeating it in the email address: Email David Nightingale at david.nightingale@rcn.org.uk; instead say Email david.nightingale@rcn.org.uk
No need for http:// at the front of web addresses