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Jenn123 Posted 11 years ago
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A true documentary OR A truthful documentary?

A truthful documentary on the migration history of Chinese, tracing the footsteps of ancestors in pre-Qin era from Central, Southern China and beyond. In this episode, the experts of modern genetics uncover the past of Chinese migrants despite changes in their appearance and languages over a thousand years.
  

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Jenn123 A truthful documentary on the migration history of Chinese, tracing the footsteps of ancestors in pre-Qin era from Central, Southern China and beyond. In this episode, the experts of modern genetics uncover the past of Chinese migrants despite changes in their appearance and languages over a thousand years. By their nature documentaries are regarded as true, and therefore truthful.

— CalifJim

  • Jenn123 A truthful documentary on the migration history of Chinese, tracing the footsteps of ancestors in pre-Qin era from Central, Southern China and beyond.
  • In this episode, the experts of modern genetics uncover the past of Chinese migrants despite changes in their appearance and languages over a thousand years.
  • By their nature documentaries are regarded as true, and therefore truthful.
  • They are not classified as fiction.
  • So "true documentary" and "truthful documentary" seem somewhat redundant.
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Jenn123 A truthful documentary on the migration history of Chinese, tracing the footsteps of ancestors in pre-Qin era from Central, Southern China and beyond. In this episode, the experts of modern genetics uncover the past of Chinese migrants despite changes in their appearance and languages over a thousand years.
By their nature documentaries are regarded as
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So you mean "true documentary" would be a common usage?
truthful documentary
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Jenn123So you mean "true documentary" would be a common usage?
No. Just "documentary".

CJ
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