词汇

educationist（教育家）比educationalist普通。但都不及educator普通。

He has had a college education里的had不可省去。

educate有时用作“付…的教育费用”解。例如：He educated his sisters after their father's death.

editorial作“社论”解主要用在美国，相当于英国的leader或leading article。

city editor在英国指“经济栏编辑”，相当于美国英语financial editor，在美国指“本埠新闻编辑”。

edition并不是相当于edit的抽象名词，如不可说The edition of his father's letters took him two months，该把edition改作editing。

edit不可用作“出版”解，如不可说The Foreign Languages Publishing House in Beijing has edited many books

economy是“节约”或“节省”，是抽象名词。

现在economic作“经济（学）上的”解，economical作“节约的”解，如economic help（经济援助）和economic point of view（经济观点），economical use（节约的用法）和economical meal（节约的一餐）。

eaves原来是单数形式，但现在被用作复数形式，如The eaves have now been finished。

eatable是“（虽然太生、太熟或不很新鲜但是）可以吃的”，edible是“（虽然通常不用作食品而）可以吃的”。

eat用作“进餐”解在英国现在不流行，但在美国很流行，如We eat at noon和Does he eat in his sitting-room?