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> 何かを忘れた気がする。  
>  何かを忘れたような気がする。  
>  I feel like I forgot something.

As far as I know, they both mean the same thing. What nuance does adding ような
give?
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What's the difference between 気がする and ような気がする?
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<http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=younakigasuru>

<http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/skills/grammar/sentences/?grammarid=437>

<http://friends-esl.com/phrase/phrase249.php>

<http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=kigasuru>

ような気がするadd the nuance expectation予感,予測or不確.

> もう他に方法はないような気がする。 It's like there is no other way.
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My understanding of the modifier ような on 気がする is that it functions as a
"fuzzifier". It describes the sensation as being even vaguer, tentative and
ballpark-ish than 気がする by itself already implies. The exaggerated "quasi-
translations" below should hopefully illustrate the nuance I'm trying to hint
at:

> 何かを忘れた気がする。

"I have a hunch that I've forgotten something."

> 何かを忘れたような気がする。

"I'm experiencing a sensation that I can't quite pinpoint, but it resembles
the feeling of having forgotten something -- maybe I really have forgotten
something, or maybe its something else, or maybe I'm just imagining things..."

Constructions like ような気がする are used quite often in day-to-day conversations,
and are often used by the speaker to casually "cover their ass" in case what
they say turns out to be nonsense -- or at least to me そのような気がする...
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Adding ような communicates that the speaker is even less sure. It's also used as
a softener when you say something that's potentially negative.

E.g.

> 「お母さん、最近物忘れが多い気がする」  
>  「お母さん、最近物忘れが多いような気がする」

A speaker might choose the latter phrasing just to soften the tone.
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