“The chicken has nuts in it.”
vs
“The chicken might not be very good.”
The specifying is for them. The prefacing is for you.
Not all prefacing is this way, but I know you know what I’m talking about here.
The little things that we say (just before the main thing we mean to say) in order to protect ourselves and our egos.
It’s scarier and more thrilling to go without the preface.
***There are very few artists, writers, producers who are confident enough to play someone a new song without throwing in a few prefacing remarks.
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