2007-03-21 10:49:09 · 11 answers · asked by sandyandgreg 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
***POST SCRIPT.***
2007-03-23 15:49:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A postscript (from post scriptum, a Latin expression meaning "after writing" 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 but not in message boards are not the 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.
Common postscript examples:
Perhaps the most common postscript found in love letters is "P.S. I love you!" This title was given to at least two popular songs, one by Rosemary Clooney and one by The Beatles.
P.S. is sometimes used as a purely stylistic touch, when it isn't really necessary.
P.P.S. is a "Post-postscript" and allows the letter writer to add even more thoughts after the first postscript. To continue, a third postscript would be a P.P.P.S. and so on, although these additions are rarely used in practice.
Small note: p.s.s. is often misused rather than p.p.s--post-postscript or 'after the after-writing.
Hope this helps!
2007-03-29 09:53:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post Script
2007-03-21 10:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep, Post Script. Meaning after the signature.
And P.P.S. is Post Post Script. Meaning after the Post Script.
2007-03-21 10:54:36 · answer #4 · answered by Gary S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah tthe people who answered before are right post means after and script means the letter that you wrote, it's kind of like an afterthought to your letter
2007-03-21 10:57:31 · answer #5 · answered by S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
post script
added on comments to a letter
2007-03-21 10:56:34 · answer #6 · answered by flowerpet56 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in postscript,post=after
script=signature
its a latin derived word which is used to attach a lil note after u've completed ur letter,i.e.,after u've signed,hence the name.
however,ther's nothing sorta p.p.s (post post script) ppl use it tho widely.......
2007-03-22 16:55:43 · answer #7 · answered by Manas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
post script/ after you finished your letter you remembered to tell them something else therefore the 'post".
2007-03-21 10:57:05 · answer #8 · answered by ladyrider41 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
post script.... post= after, script=signature/ letter......i didn't figure that out until like last year. i always thought it meant "pssssssssss"
2007-03-21 11:12:23 · answer #9 · answered by Lilian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
something that you forgot to write in the letter and its very important to say
2007-03-28 23:36:46 · answer #10 · answered by kimakimberly99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is latin for post script
it just means a little note has been added on.
2007-03-21 10:56:45 · answer #11 · answered by Laura H 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋