The 1916 manual talks about disjoining 'r' for '-er' and 't' for past-tense on abbreviated words and brief forms. But what about other joined-ending derivatives?
The last word to remind me of this question was 'politeness'; is it p-o-l-i-n or p-o-l-i-t-n? Is 'tireless' t-i-l?
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