2007-08-13 09:14:14 · 8 answers · asked by gabby907 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A postscript (from post scriptum, Latin meaning "after writing" and abbreviated P.S.) is a sentence, paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often incidentally, after the signature of a letter or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book.
2007-08-13 09:32:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ones who wrote "post script" were correct. What it would literally mean is a thought added after the main body of the letter is completed.
With word processors, etc. it is less literal than figurative. When you wrote out letters longhand and quills, paper, ink were expensive to obtain you wouldn't throw out the letter just because you came up with an additional thought on the matter. You wrote "p.s." to add the thought which occurred to you.
Nowadays it is more of a "by the way, I just thought of this" as a polite way to add something, or draw attention to something that might be overlooked in the body of a letter. We know that readers sometimes get a bit glazed as they skim through a letter and the p.s. will receive more than it's share of attention from a reader.
2007-08-14 01:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-13 09:57:13 · answer #3 · answered by pretty123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
P.S. = Post-script, after writing.
2007-08-13 09:45:31 · answer #4 · answered by teresathegreat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-13 13:36:17 · answer #5 · answered by 4leafclover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-13 09:44:05 · answer #6 · answered by Randy P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-13 09:29:43 · answer #7 · answered by chelsea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a way of saying "by the way" in letters and notes.
2007-08-13 16:12:38 · answer #8 · answered by Sharon Newman (YR) Must Die 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋