Postscript

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A postscript, abbreviated P.S., is writing added after the main body of a letter (or other body of writing). The term comes from the Latin post scriptum, an expression meaning "after writing"^[1][2] (which may be interpreted in the sense of "that which comes after the writing").

A postscript may be a sentence, a 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 "postscript" 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.

Contents 1 Usage 2 In popular culture 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Usage

The Oxford English Dictionary lists PS as the correct abbreviation.

[edit] In popular culture

• "P.S. I Love You" is the title of at least three popular songs, one by Rosemary Clooney, one by The Beatles, and one by The All-American Rejects.
• "P.S. I Love You: An Intimate Portrait of Peter Sellers" is the title of a book by Michael Sellers, the performer's son.
• "P.S. I Love You" (2007) is a romance movie based on a novel by Cecelia Ahern.

[edit] See also

Look up postscript in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Publishing
• Afterword
• Appendix
• Addendum
• Nota bene
• HIPAA compliant email postscript
• PostScript, a page description and programming language for electronic publishing

[edit] References