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Pamela Hardy Peters (born 28 March 1942) is an Australian
linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
. She is an
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of
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at Macquarie University, Sydney. She is a member of the
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's Standing Committee on Spoken English. She has published several books on Australian and international English usage, including ''
The Cambridge Guide to English Usage ''The Cambridge Guide to English Usage'' by Pam Peters is a usage dictionary, giving an up-to-date account of the debatable issues of English usage and written style. It is based on extensive, up-to-date corpus data rather than on the author's p ...
'' (2004) and ''The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage'' (2007). She was a member of the editorial committee of the
Macquarie Dictionary The ''Macquarie Dictionary'' () is a dictionary of Australian English. It is generally considered by universities and the legal profession to be the authoritative source on Australian English. It also pays considerable attention to New Zealand ...
.


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1942 births Living people Macquarie University faculty {{Australia-academic-bio-stub