Postscript - wikipedia Postscript This article is about the afterthought. For the programming language, see PostScript. For other uses, see Postscript ( disambiguation ). `` P.S. '' redirects here. For other uses, see PS ( disambiguation ). A postscript ( P.S. ) is an afterthought, thought of occurring after the letter has been written and signed. The term comes from the Latin postscriptum, an expression meaning `` written after '' ( 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. The word `` postscript '' has, poetically, been used to refer to any sort of addendum to some main work, even if it is not attached to a main work, as in Søren Kierkegaard 's book titled Concluding Unscientific Postscript. Sometimes, when additional points are made after the first postscript, abbreviations such as PSS ( post-super - scriptum ), PPS ( postquam - post-scriptum or post-post - scriptum ) and PPPS ( post-post - post-scriptum ), and so on, ad infinitum are used, though only PPS has somewhat common usage. See also Look up postscript in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Addendum Appendix Afterword Nota bene Postface P.S. I Love You ( disambiguation ), a list of media using `` P.S. '' in the title Publishing deinde scriptum References Jump up ^ International Correspondence Schools ; et al. ( 1905 ). English Grammar, Punctuation and Capitalization, Letter Writing. Scranton : National Textbook Company. § 21 p. 33 Jump up ^ Sullivan, Robert Joseph ( 1877 ). Joyce, Patrick Weston, ed. A dictionary of the English language. Dublin ; Original from Peshawar University : Sullivan, Brothers ; et al. pp. 317 & 509. Jump up ^ Tanner, William Maddux ( 1922 ). Composition and Rhetoric. Original from the University of California : Ginn & Co. xxvii. Jump up ^ `` PS Slang Word Meaning - Expert answer Question ''. Expert answer Question. 2016 - 11 - 16. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 16. Book design General page layout and typography choices Fonts Front and back covers Buckram Leather Anthropodermic bibliopegy Treasure binding Endpapers Marbled Front matter Half title bastard title Frontispiece Title page Edition notice Dedication Epigraph Table of contents List of figures List of tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue Printer 's mark Body matter, which may include : Body text Chapters Parts Sections Tipped - in pages Back matter Afterword Conclusion Epilogue Outro Postscript Appendix / Addendum Glossary Bibliography Index Errata Colophon Postface Other elements Bookplate or ex-librīs Catchword Die cutting Fore - edge painting Pop - ups Thumb index Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Postscript&oldid=803298610 '' Categories : Book design Writing Talk About Wikipedia Беларуская Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Brezhoneg Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano עברית ქართული Қазақша Latviešu Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska தமிழ் Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 1 October 2017, at 17 : 37. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the p.s. go in a letter
Answer: after the signature