Subgroups of the Torsion Subgroup of an Elliptic Curve

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A silly question.

I am working through Silverman and Tate, Rational Points on Elliptic Curves

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve given by a Weierstrass equation $$E:y^2=x^3+ax^2+bx+c, \quad a,b,c \in \mathbb{Q}.$$ Let $$E[n]=\{(x_1,y_1) , \cdot \cdot \cdot , (x_m,y_m) , \mathcal{O} \}$$be the complete set of points of $E(\mathbb{C})$ of order dividing $n$.

How do you say "$E[n]$"? Do you say "the set of points of order dividing $n$"? Or do you say "$E$ of $n$"?