Inconsistency in dealing with \mathit

[Reuben Thomas]

If you enter \mathit{xyz} in mathed, it is displayed as "mathit{xyz}", yet
if you save and reload the document the command and braces disappear, and
you get just "xyz". This is rather confusing.

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