"got dead" for died; one expression is as good as the other.

_Gotten_ for _Got_. This has gone out of good use, though in such
compounded words as begotten and misbegotten it persists respectably.

_Graduated_ for _Was Graduated_.

_Gratuitous_ for _Unwarranted_. "A gratuitous assertion." Gratuitous
means without cost.

_Grueling_. Used chiefly by newspaper reporters; as, "He was subjected
to a grueling cross-examination." "It was grueling weather." Probably
a corruption of grilling.

_Gubernatorial_. Eschew it; it is not English, is needless and
bombastic. Leave it to those who call a political office a "chair."
"Gubernatorial chair" is good enough for them. So is hanging.

_Had Better_ for _Would Better_. This is not defensible as an idiom,
as those who always used it before their attention was directed to it
take the trouble to point out. It comes of such contractions as he'd
for he would, I'd for I would. These clipped words are erroneously
restored as "he had," "I had." So we have such monstrosities as "He
had better beware," "I had better go."

_Hail_ for _Come_. "He hails from Chicago." This is sea speech, and
comes from the custom of hailing passing ships. It will not do for
serious discourse.

_Have Got_ for _Have_. "I have got a good horse" directs attention