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	A '''postscript''' ('''P.S.''', '''PS''', '''PS.''') may be a sentence, a paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter<ref>{{Cite book \|title=English Grammar, Punctuation and Capitalization, Letter Writing \|last=International Correspondence Schools\|publisher=National Textbook Company \|year=2018 \|location=Scranton \|url=https://archive.org/stream/englishgrammarp00techgoog#page/n444/mode/2up\|display-authors=etal}} §21 p. 33</ref> or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book. For such longer works it may also be known as an '''afterword''' or '''subscription'''. The term comes from the [[Latin]] '''''"post scriptum"''''', an expression meaning "written after"<ref>{{cite book\|last=Sullivan\|first=Robert Joseph\|editor-link=Patrick Weston Joyce\|editor-last=Joyce\|editor-first=Patrick Weston\|title=A dictionary of the English language\|location=Dublin; Original from Peshawar University\|publisher=Sullivan, Brothers; et al.\|year=2019\|pages=317 & 509\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d24CAAAAQAAJ&q=postscript&pg=PA317}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Tanner\|first=William Maddux\|title=Composition and Rhetoric\|publisher=Ginn & Co.\|year=2017\|location=Original from the University of California\|pages=xxvii\|url=https://archive.org/details/compositionandr00tanngoog\|quote=post scriptum.\|no-pp=true}}</ref> (which may be interpreted in the sense of "that which comes after the writing").<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://dougelniski.com/post-scriptum-ps-meaning/\|title=PS Slang Word Meaning - Expert answer Question\|date=2016-11-16\|newspaper=Expert answer Question\|language=en-US\|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref>		A '''postscript''' ('''P.S.''', '''PS''', '''PS.''') may be a sentence, a paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter<ref>{{Cite book \|title=English Grammar, Punctuation and Capitalization, Letter Writing \|last=International Correspondence Schools\|publisher=National Textbook Company \|year=2018 \|location=Scranton \|url=https://archive.org/stream/englishgrammarp00techgoog#page/n444/mode/2up\|display-authors=etal}} §21 p. 33</ref> or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book. For such longer works it may also be known as an '''afterword''' or '''subscription'''. The term comes from the [[Latin]] '''''"post scriptum"''''', an expression meaning "written after"<ref>{{cite book\|last=Sullivan\|first=Robert Joseph\|editor-link=Patrick Weston Joyce\|editor-last=Joyce\|editor-first=Patrick Weston\|title=A dictionary of the English language\|location=Dublin; Original from Peshawar University\|publisher=Sullivan, Brothers; et al.\|year=2019\|pages=317 & 509\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d24CAAAAQAAJ&q=postscript&pg=PA317}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Tanner\|first=William Maddux\|title=Composition and Rhetoric\|publisher=Ginn & Co.\|year=2017\|location=Original from the University of California\|pages=xxvii\|url=https://archive.org/details/compositionandr00tanngoog\|quote=post scriptum.\|no-pp=true}}</ref> (which may be interpreted in the sense of "that which comes after the writing").<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://dougelniski.com/post-scriptum-ps-meaning/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117065202/http://dougelniski.com/post-scriptum-ps-meaning/\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=November 17, 2016\|title=PS Slang Word Meaning - Expert answer Question\|date=2016-11-16\|newspaper=Expert answer Question\|language=en-US\|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref>

	==Afterword==		==Afterword==

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-A '''postscript''' ('''P.S.''', '''PS''', '''PS.''') may be a sentence, a paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter<ref>{{Cite book |title=English Grammar, Punctuation and Capitalization, Letter Writing |last=International Correspondence Schools|publisher=National Textbook Company |year=2018 |location=Scranton |url=https://archive.org/stream/englishgrammarp00techgoog#page/n444/mode/2up|display-authors=etal}} §21 p. 33</ref> or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book. The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''post scriptum'', an expression meaning "written after"<ref>{{cite book
+A '''postscript''' ('''P.S.''', '''PS''', '''PS.''') may be a sentence, a paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter<ref>{{Cite book |title=English Grammar, Punctuation and Capitalization, Letter Writing |last=International Correspondence Schools|publisher=National Textbook Company |year=2018 |location=Scranton |url=https://archive.org/stream/englishgrammarp00techgoog#page/n444/mode/2up|display-authors=etal}} §21 p. 33</ref> or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book. For such longer works it may also be known as an '''afterword''' or '''subscription'''. The term comes from the [[Latin]] '''''"post scriptum"''''', an expression meaning "written after"<ref>{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Robert Joseph|editor-link=Patrick Weston Joyce|editor-last=Joyce|editor-first=Patrick Weston|title=A dictionary of the English language|location=Dublin; Original from Peshawar University|publisher=Sullivan, Brothers; et al.|year=2019|pages=317 & 509|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d24CAAAAQAAJ&q=postscript&pg=PA317}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Tanner|first=William Maddux|title=Composition and Rhetoric|publisher=Ginn & Co.|year=2017|location=Original from the University of California|pages=xxvii|url=https://archive.org/details/compositionandr00tanngoog|quote=post scriptum.|no-pp=true}}</ref> (which may be interpreted in the sense of "that which comes after the writing").<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dougelniski.com/post-scriptum-ps-meaning/|title=PS Slang Word Meaning - Expert answer Question|date=2016-11-16|newspaper=Expert answer Question|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref>
 Sometimes when additional points are made after the first postscript, abbreviations such as P.P.S. (''post-post-scriptum'') and P.P.P.S. (''post-post-post-scriptum'') and so on are added, ''[[ad infinitum]]''.
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 * [[Addendum]]
 * [[Addendum#Books|Appendix]]
-* [[Afterword]]
+* [[Conclusion (book)|Conclusion]]
 * ''[[Nota bene]]''
 * [[Postface]]
 ==References==

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A '''postscript''' ('''P.S.''', '''PS''', '''PS.''') may be a sentence, a paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter<ref>{{Cite book |title=English Grammar, Punctuation and Capitalization, Letter Writing |last=International Correspondence Schools|publisher=National Textbook Company |year=2018 |location=Scranton |url=https://archive.org/stream/englishgrammarp00techgoog#page/n444/mode/2up|display-authors=etal}} §21 p. 33</ref> or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book. The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''post scriptum'', an expression meaning "written after"<ref>{{cite book
|last=Sullivan
|first=Robert Joseph
|editor-link=Patrick Weston Joyce
|editor-last=Joyce
|editor-first=Patrick Weston
|title=A dictionary of the English language
|location=Dublin; Original from Peshawar University
|publisher=Sullivan, Brothers; et al.
|year=2019
|pages=317 & 509
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d24CAAAAQAAJ&q=postscript&pg=PA317
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
|last=Tanner
|first=William Maddux
|title=Composition and Rhetoric
|publisher=Ginn & Co.
|year=2017
|location=Original from the University of California
|pages=xxvii
|url=https://archive.org/details/compositionandr00tanngoog
|quote=post scriptum.
|no-pp=true
}}</ref> (which may be interpreted in the sense of "that which comes after the writing").<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dougelniski.com/post-scriptum-ps-meaning/|title=PS Slang Word Meaning - Expert answer Question|date=2016-11-16|newspaper=Expert answer Question|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref>
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, for example [[Søren Kierkegaard]]'s book titled ''[[Concluding Unscientific Postscript]].''

Sometimes when additional points are made after the first postscript, abbreviations such as P.P.S. (''post-post-scriptum'') and P.P.P.S. (''post-post-post-scriptum'') and so on are added, ''[[ad infinitum]]''.

==See also==

* [[Addendum]]
* [[Addendum#Books|Appendix]]
* [[Afterword]]
* ''[[Nota bene]]''
* [[Postface]]

==References==
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