P.S.S. or P.P.S?

English translation: P.P.S.

21:03 Aug 25, 2005

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English term or phrase: P.S.S. or P.P.S?

Which of the above is correct?

eva75

Selected answer:P.P.S.

Explanation:
Post-post scriptum

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-08-25 21:22:06 GMT)
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P.S.S. means "Post scriptum scriptum" which is the complete formula of the shorter "P.S." (written after what has been written)
If you mean an additiona postscript, than it is P.P.S. : post post scriptum.
Nevertheless, I would write both them without any dots: PS and PPS

HIH

Selected response from:

Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
Local time: 22:23

Grading comment

Graded automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

5 +12

P.P.S.

Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)

4 +6

p.p.s or p.s. 1 ....X

Elizabeth Lyons

4 +4

p.p.s.

Jack Doughty

if you mean an addition postscript... p.s.s.

Marian Greenfield

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

6 mins confidence:

p.s.s. or p.p.s? if you mean an addition postscript... p.s.s.

Explanation:
x

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 16:23
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Martin Perazzo: I was taught it was "P.S.S." in U.S. schools (in the sixties and seventies) and have always seen it that way in English texts, letters, etc. I have only seen "P.P.S." in Spanish texts, letters, etc.

2 hrs

-> thanks

neutral

Refugio: In my school, we were taught PPS

4 hrs

-> since there's no context, hard to say what asker wants.. I answered based on common usage in informal correspondence. Can't say I've ever seen either pss or pps in formal correspondence.

disagree

Catherine Bolton: With Ruth. I was taught p.p.s. for post postscriptum.

7 hrs

-> since there's no context, hard to say what asker wants.. I answered based on common usage in informal correspondence. Can't say I've ever seen either pss or pps in formal correspondence.

disagree

Johan Venter: I have never come across PSS for post postscriptum, nor does dictionary.com contain it.

11 hrs

-> since there's no context, hard to say what asker wants.. I answered based on common usage in informal correspondence. Can't say I've ever seen either pss or pps in formal correspondence.

neutral

Elizabeth Lyons: I agree with your note about never seeing it in formal correspondence; for that matter, has anyone seen p.s. in formal correspondence? And I agree with you that it is often seen -- incorrectly -- as p.s.s. in casual correspondence, so yr pt is well taken

17 hrs

-> thanks... I was thinking the same thing... I've never seen p.s. in formal correspondence either....

neutral

Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X): Furthermore, I would not be so sure you're not right. For what we know, it can even be the plural of "ps" > "pss". That's why I asked the asker to tell us why she asked in the first place! :-)

18 hrs

agree

dragongish: I prefer pps with no periods and no capitals.

3165 days

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

p.s.s. or p.p.s? p.p.s.

Explanation:
It is Latin. P.s. = post scriptum, something written after (a letter).
Something added after that is post post scriptum = p.p.s.
Confirmed by Acronym Finder.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acron...

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 19