In reference to "PS" as in something you would put at the bottom of a letter or blog entry, etc after you have already signed off and summed up your previous wording.
I've heard it has something to do with "post script" however I was also told that was a military reference or a type of printer depending who you talk to. If in fact that is the words behind ps, how did we come to use it from the military? I attempted looking much of this up myself but majority of what I found related to PlayStations & Palestine!
2007-09-12 05:33:50 · 8 answers · asked by amason1226 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"post script". Something you write at the end of a letter, after (post) the rest of the writing (script).
2007-09-12 05:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by buffytou 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-28 19:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by dopico 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
P.S. Stands for Post Script which basically means "After the writing." Essentially it means "Oh, By the way," or "Oh, I forgot this." It is a way of adding something to a letter after it was written that was important to include but it was not something that you wanted to rewrite the letter to add. This was more common to see in the past in an era when letters were written by hand using parchment and a quill dipped in ink. It took much more effort to rewrite the letter and you didn't want to waste the paper because it was expensive. Today, we have computers and word processors that allow us to rewrite letters with very little effort and with paper being inexpensive and home printers printing our letters for us it is much less common to see P.S. in correspondence. It is now occasionally used as a literary device but not as often a way to add information without the need to rewrite the letter.
2007-09-12 05:57:11 · answer #3 · answered by Hugh B 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-16 03:14:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As mentioned, it means postscript (from post scriptum, a Latin expression meaning "after writing"").
This expression is mostly used for written communication like letters where you are not able to correct what you already written.
The text after P.S. is usually a short paragraph.
You can also use P.P.S. ("Post-postscript") which you add after the first postscript.
2007-09-12 17:42:07 · answer #5 · answered by Tom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
postscript noun an additional remark at the end of a letter, after the signature and introduced by “P.S.” : he added a postscript: “Leaving tomorrow.” • an additional statement or action that provides further information on or a sequel to something : as a postscript to this, Paul did finally marry. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin postscriptum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of postscribere ‘write under, add,’ from post ‘after, later’ + scribere ‘write.’
2007-09-12 05:37:17 · answer #6 · answered by iteach2change 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's short for the Latin 'Post scriptum' which, basically, means something added after writing. Usually in letter form so if you imagine writing to someone and just afterwards you remember something else you would write P.S. and then add whatever it was. If having done that and you remember something else you could do a P. S. S.
2007-09-12 05:42:35 · answer #7 · answered by quatt47 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The abbreviation ps stands for postscript. Im not sure where it was started.
2007-09-12 05:39:20 · answer #8 · answered by rrosin623 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it stands for "post script" and I don't really know the origin. It is generally used as a way of adding an "after-thought" or in drawing attention to a particular requirement such as: Don't forget to send your response by a certain date or offer expires on _______________.
2007-09-12 05:42:44 · answer #9 · answered by Mindbender 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Post Script is from the latin Post (after) Scriptum (that which is written). The expression pre-dates moden technology, but Adobe Systems took the expression for the name of their programming language for printers.
2007-09-12 05:42:08 · answer #10 · answered by Michael B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋