False
False adjective - Not being in agreement with what is true.
Usage example: early reports about the explosion contained much false information
Proper
Proper adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.
Usage example: there is really more than one proper way to pronounce that word in English
Both words in one sentence
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False Flag Operation: The proper resolution of the first quest done for the Wrights in New Reno involves uncovering this.
Source: Video Game / Fallout 2 - The job of the eponymous character is making sure troublesome souls move to afterlife proper, because if they don't, they will nag other souls into their false afterlife.
Source: Afterlife Antechamber - Then his maddened opponent accidentally charges through a false wall, revealing the hidden room that holds the central mystery and kick-starting the climax proper.
Source: Creator / John Dickson Carr
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