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2007-01-19 22:33:37 · 10 answers · asked by Dana 2 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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A postscript (from post scriptum, a Latin expression meaning "something written afterwards" and abbreviated P.S.) is a sentence, paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book. In a book or essay, a more carefully-composed addition (e.g., for a second edition) is called an afterword. An afterword, not usually called a postscript, is written in response to critical remarks on the first edition. The word has, poetically, been used to refer to any sort of addendum to some main work, even if not attached to a main work, as in Søren Kierkegaard's book titled Concluding Unscientific Postscript.


E-mail era
In the age of e-mail, postscripts have become unnecessary: any modifications or additions to the body of a letter may simply be inserted within the e-mail before sending, though the convenience of a post-scripted addition is always available. Postscripts in e-mails and on message boards are most often used when the author wants to add something totally unrelated to the main body of text, and may otherwise break the flow of the message.

2007-01-19 22:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by tbaybucsgirl 2 · 1 0

Post Script

2007-01-20 01:11:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0 0

Post Scriptum

2007-01-20 00:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by abnatra 2 · 0 0

This is an abbreviation for post script at the end of a letter
when you want to add something at the end of the letter.

2007-01-20 00:50:29 · answer #4 · answered by caroline j 4 · 0 0

Post Script -- literally means "after the writing".

If you think of something more to write after the p.s., then you would add "p.p.s." ... something more after that would be "p.p.p.s." ... and so on and so on and so on ...

2007-01-19 22:39:06 · answer #5 · answered by eagedeon 3 · 0 0

Post Script.

From latin for after writing.

2007-01-19 22:37:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Latin for after the writing

2007-01-19 23:52:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

post script

2007-01-19 22:44:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

post script

2007-01-19 22:40:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

public speaking

personal secret

2007-01-20 00:18:30 · answer #10 · answered by fallinglight 3 · 0 0

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