true and authentic, authentic
Redundancies are words that unnecessarily repeat information. Because both true and authentic mean “genuine” or “real,” the expression true and authentic is redundant; write either true or authentic.
- Redundant: The novelist kept the dialogue true and authentic to the era she was writing about.
- Recommended: The novelist kept the dialogue true (or authentic) to the era she was writing about.
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