〜のです(か) in email


A friend has sent me an email with questions scattered throughout ending in
〜のですか, should I have 〜のです at the end of all sentences that address/answer
those questions in my reply? (EDIT: Because I've seen examples in textbooks
between two people where A asks B something using 〜のですか and B answers with
のです)




Without knowing the actual questions asked and your (intended) answers/replies
to them, it is difficult to answer this question with authority, but
**_generally speaking_** , the following could be said.

Basically, you **_do not_** need to use 「のです/んです」 in your answers/replies to
questions ending in 「のですか/んですか」 except when you want to emphasize a statement
as in saying something along the lines of: "X **_really_** is this way in my
country". You would need to be quite certain that the information you are
giving would be "news" to the other person.

It is completely acceptable to use 「のです/んです」 in some of your "answers", but it
would sound pretty wordy if you used it in too many of them. That is because
「の（or ん）」 is such a nuanced word despite its physical length and simple
appearance.

I would say that if you used 「の/ん」 in roughly over 1/4 or 1/3 of your
answers/replies, you would be using it too many times. Then again, I am saying
this without knowing the content of the emails in question, so please take it
with a grain of salt.




Without knowing the actual questions asked and your (intended) answers/replies
to them, it is difficult to answer this question with authority, but
**_generally speaking_** , the following could be said.

Basically, you **_do not_** need to use 「のです/んです」 in your answers/replies to
questions ending in 「のですか/んですか」 except when you want to emphasize a statement
as in saying something along the lines of: "X **_really_** is this way in my
country". You would need to be quite certain that the information you are
giving would be "news" to the other person.

It is completely acceptable to use 「のです/んです」 in some of your "answers", but it
would sound pretty wordy if you used it in too many of them. That is because
「の（or ん）」 is such a nuanced word despite its physical length and simple
appearance.

I would say that if you used 「の/ん」 in roughly over 1/4 or 1/3 of your
answers/replies, you would be using it too many times. Then again, I am saying
this without knowing the content of the emails in question, so please take it
with a grain of salt.

