Question 1

How do you spell nature photography?

Accepted Answer

Nature photography is spelled N-A-T-U-R-E P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y, as two words. Every affordable nature photography file on this site is an sRGB JPEG.

Question 2

How do you spell escarpment?

Accepted Answer

Escarpment is spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-M-E-N-T. The commonest error inserts an e before the -ment; there is none.

Question 3

How do you spell silhouette?

Accepted Answer

Silhouette is spelled S-I-L-H-O-U-E-T-T-E. Keep the h after the l and the double t before the final e; silouette drops both.

Question 4

How do you spell panorama?

Accepted Answer

Panorama is spelled P-A-N-O-R-A-M-A. The common slip panaroma swaps the o and the a in the middle.

Question 5

How do you spell moorland?

Accepted Answer

Moorland is spelled M-O-O-R-L-A-N-D as one word with a double o. Muirland is a Scots variant and is not standard in English.

Question 6

How do you spell crepuscular?

Accepted Answer

Crepuscular is spelled C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-A-R. The vowel after the p is a u, not an e; crepescular is the usual error.

Question 7

How do you spell alpenglow?

Accepted Answer

Alpenglow is spelled A-L-P-E-N-G-L-O-W as one word. It is alpen, from the German, not alpine; alpineglow is a plausible-looking error.

Question 8

How do you spell meander?

Accepted Answer

Meander is spelled M-E-A-N-D-E-R. The ending is -der; meandre applies a French pattern that English does not use here.

Question 9

How do you spell gorge?

Accepted Answer

Gorge is spelled G-O-R-G-E. Both g's are pronounced softly, as in George, which is where the confusion comes from.

Question 10

How do you spell scree?

Accepted Answer

Scree is spelled S-C-R-E-E with a double e. Screed is a different word entirely, meaning a levelled layer of material or a long tedious piece of writing.

Question 11

How do you spell horizon?

Accepted Answer

Horizon is spelled H-O-R-I-Z-O-N with a single r and a z. Horison with an s is a common error even in British English, where many -ize words take an s.

Question 12

How do you spell exposure?

Accepted Answer

Exposure is spelled E-X-P-O-S-U-R-E. The -sure ending sounds like -zhure but is never written that way.

Question 13

How do you spell aperture?

Accepted Answer

Aperture is spelled A-P-E-R-T-U-R-E, eight letters with a single p. Aperature, with an extra a, is the most frequent misspelling.

Question 14

How do you spell royalty-free?

Accepted Answer

Royalty-free is spelled R-O-Y-A-L-T-Y-F-R-E-E with a hyphen. Royality, with an extra i, is the usual error.

Question 15

How do you spell licence?

Accepted Answer

In British English the noun is L-I-C-E-N-C-E with two c's and the verb is license with an s. American English writes license throughout; both are correct in their own variety.

Question 16

How do you spell landscape?

Accepted Answer

Landscape is spelled L-A-N-D-S-C-A-P-E as one word. When it describes orientation rather than subject it is still spelled identically.

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