generally, is vain.

_Gent_ for _Gentleman_. Vulgar exceedingly.

_Genteel_. This word, meaning polite, or well mannered, was once in
better repute than it is now, and its noun, gentility, is still not
infrequently found in the work of good writers. Genteel is most often
used by those who write, as the Scotchman of the anecdote joked--wi'
deeficulty.

_Gentleman_. It is not possible to teach the correct use of this
overworked word: one must be bred to it. Everybody knows that it is
not synonymous with man, but among the "genteel" and those ambitious
to be thought "genteel" it is commonly so used in discourse too formal
for the word "gent." To use the word gentleman correctly, be one.

_Genuine_ for _Authentic_, or _Veritable._ "A genuine document," "a
genuine surprise," and the like.

_Given_. "The soldier was given a rifle." What was given is the rifle,
not the soldier. "The house was given a coat (coating) of paint."
Nothing can be "given" anything.

_Goatee_. In this country goatee is frequently used for a tuft of
beard on the point of the chin--what is sometimes called "an
imperial," apparently because the late Emperor Napoleon III wore his
beard so. His Majesty the Goat is graciously pleased to wear his
beneath the chin.

_Got Married_ for _Married_. If this is correct we should say, also,