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POST SCRIPTUM [1 record]

Record 1 2008-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Correction and Proofreading (Printing)
  • Publication and Bookselling
  • Electronic Publishing
DEF

A message appended at the end of a letter after the writer's signature.

CONT

A postscript (from post scriptum, a Latin expression meaning "after writing" and abbreviated P.S.) is a sentence, 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.

Key term(s)
  • post-script
  • post-scriptum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Correction d'épreuves (Imprimerie)
  • Édition et librairie
  • Éditique
DEF

Complément ajouté au bas d'une lettre par son auteur, après la signature.

Key term(s)
  • post scriptum

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Corrección de pruebas (Imprenta)
  • Edición y venta de libros
  • Publicación electrónica
OBS

Se emplea para añadir algo posterior a un texto, cuando éste ya ha sido dado por concluido, siendo una alternativa a su corrección o enmienda.

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