だ in 「別に迷惑だなんて」 > **** What kind of difference in meaning or nuances does this impart to such an utterance? Examples with : > (source) > …… > > > (source) > > > > …… > (source) > …… > > > (source) > > …… > ……(source) > …(source) -less examples: > ……(source) > (source) > (source) > (source) > DPS(source) > > ……――(source) > > (source) > (source) > (source) The version feels more like a quote, either a thought or an utterance? It feels a little bit like that because I guess I can't say **** or **** , can I?

This type of has been explained in previous questions. In short, it expresses the speaker's surprise or disagreement.

* ~ why is there a here?
* Is grammatical?
* i-adjective followed by



This type of / comes right after a predicate in . You cannot put when is used as a subject (e.g., ) or an object (e.g., ). When is used as a predicate, and are interchangeable because already has a nuance similar to , but I feel the sentence sounds more emphatic with .

**EDIT** : is a na-adjective, and thus can take without the nuance mentioned above (e.g. ?). Still, the combination of typically has a surprised nuance regardless of the word class of the preceding predicate.