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Post factum

Can I use this phrase in English? I know that I could say "post mortem" but sometimes I don't like its connection with death.
  

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[nq:1]Can I use this phrase in English? [/nq] The phrase "post factum" is used, as its cousin, "ex post facto". I assume you want to use it in a sense in which "post mortem" is not literal but figurative; you could do that, but many English-speakers wouldn't be sure what it meant.

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  • [nq:1]Can I use this phrase in English?
  • [/nq] The phrase "post factum" is used, as its cousin, "ex post facto".
  • I assume you want to use it in a sense in which "post mortem" is not literal but figurative; you could do that, but many English-speakers wouldn't be sure what it meant.
  • It's usually better to use plain English: "after the fact" will do very well.
  • Mike.
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[nq:1]Can I use this phrase in English? I know that I could say "post mortem" but sometimes I don't like its connection with death.[/nq]
The phrase "post factum" is used, as its cousin, "ex post facto". I assume you want to use it in a sense in which "post mortem" is not literal but figurative; you could do that, but many English-speakers wouldn't be sure what it meant. It's usually better to
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[nq:1]Can I use this phrase in English? I know that I could say "post mortem" but sometimes I don't like its connection with death.[/nq]
Think how guys named 'Mort' feel about it.

"Throw me that lipstick, darling, I wanna redo my stigmata." +-Jennifer Saunders, "Absolutely Fabulous"
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