: Re: What is the correct usage of "P.S." in Emails? I've been wondering this for a while. What is the correct usage of "P.S." in e-mails? Where should and shouldn't it be used?

Using "P.S." decreases your signal-to-noise ratio and degrades your ability to communicate clearly.
P.S. may be appropriate when using set ink or stone, however, in modern times, it is archaic and inexcusable as you can easily move text around.
As such, PS should never be used in an email.
(unless you do not care about communicating clearly)

By using PS in an email, you have demonstrated a failure to ask:

What is the point of this email?
What type of response do I want from it?

If your intention was to find out if someone still enjoyed making clothes,
then your first sentence should have been:
"Do you still enjoy making clothes?"
If it wasn't the most pressing issue in the email, than it should have been tied closely to the sentence that was.
Otherwise, if you were just curious, say so:
"I'm curious, do you still enjoy making clothes?"

Refs: www.nature.com/scitable/ebooks/english-communication-for-scientists-14053993 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324735104578117193149868504 writers.stackexchange.com/questions/9226/using-p-s-in-a-formal-email#

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