Words ending in silent _e_ generally retain the _e_ on taking an
additional termination beginning with a consonant; as, bereave,
_bereavement_; issue, _issueless_.
_Remark._—_Awful_, _awfully_, _awfulness_, _argument_,
_argumentation_, _argumentative_, _woful_, _wofully_,
_wofulness_, _duly_, _truly_, and _wholly_, are undisputed
exceptions; and _abridgment_, _acknowledgment_, _judgment_,
_misjudgment_, _prejudgment_, _lodgment_, _wobegone_, and
_rhymster_, are disputed exceptions. Some write _abridgement_,
_acknowledgement_, _judgement_, _misjudgement_, _prejudgement_,
_lodgement_, _woebegone_, and _rhymester_.