They were genuine attempts to fit my emerging sensibility into what I perceived, rightly or wrongly, to be the governing aesthetic philosophy of the time.
The Centre concluded its investigation by stating, assuming the photos by Mr Smith to be genuine, the UFO fit the description of the objects by Mr Smith".
The announcement of a hydrogen bomb test, genuine or not, fits that agenda perfectly.
This "portable digital note pad" looks like a sleek black clipboard, right down to the standard letter-size yellow lined pad of genuine paper that fits on top.
Or rather, some artist or other does and, in a fit of genuine creative inspiration, he's building a statue of Pete on a crucifix.
First, there's the game of guessing who will win – if it's a British awards show and an actual genuine American has seen fit to attend then the answer is usually them.
The unbridled, murky mischief of a genuine madcap doesn't fit within the polite frame of today's media, and though the politically incorrect guff that comes to us over the airwaves may give citizens the illusion of free speech, there is no dangerous or transgressive thrill to it.
I can see how Twitter is a perfect fit for genuine flash fiction, where the form (140-character bursts) meshes wholly with the function (epigrammatism), but the problem with a longer story is that the medium isn't integral to the work itself, and ends up as nothing more than a quirky/clunky method of delivery.
Forget all the hyped up latest trends unless they fit the genuine you.
Nissan said the car's interior was fitted with genuine gold accents.
