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I was reading a lesson in my textbook about 〜なさそうだ when I noticed that the
book never put だ before よ or ね. So it would be 美味{おい}しくなさそうよ or 美味{おい}しくなさそうね.

**So I want to confirm, is adding だ before よ or ね is considered incorrect?**

My logic is... Since I think I've heard about ねこですよ or ねこだよ, I thought it is
okay to say 美味{おい}しくなさそうだよ or 美味{おい}しくなさそうだね. Could you please enlighten me
about this ? Thank you.
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particles copula
Is putting だ before よor ね considered incorrect?
The textbook might not display examples containing だね・だよ・だよね for every
grammatical construction, but in informal speech tacking on these phrases at
the end of sentences is common.

This includes 〜なさそうだ(ね・よ・よね) which is grammatically correct.

Consider the following example、which for simplicity will be modifying
美味｛おい｝しそう（です）.

> 美味｛おい｝しそうですね ・ 美味｛おい｝しそうですよ ・ 美味｛おい｝しそうですよね

can be spoken more informally (such as with friends) like so:

> 美味｛おい｝しそうだね ・ 美味｛おい｝しそうだよ ・ 美味｛おい｝しそうだよね

which can be even further abbreviated by omitting the です copula altogether
(which can sound more feminine):

> 美味｛おい｝しそうね ・ 美味｛おい｝しそうよ ・ 美味｛おい｝しそうよね

**All** of the above examples are grammatically correct, though context will
determine what level of formality would be appropriate.
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