할머니가 너무 늦게 주무시넵니다: does this sentence sound natural?
So far I have learned to express surprise using -네요, like in the sentence "할머니가 너무 늦게 주무시네요!"
I was wondering how to express the same idea when addressing someone in formal speech: do I keep -네요, or do I turn it into -넵니다?

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네 is a verb suffix like 'ㅂ니다','어/아'
You cannot attach 'ㅂ니다' after 네.
네 can be followed by 요 like '(어/아)요'

주무시(다) + ㅂ니다 => 주무십니다.
주무시(다) + 어/아 => 주무셔
주무시(다) + (어/아)요 => 주무셔요/주무세요
주무시(다) + 네 => 주무시네
주무시(다) + 네요 => 주무시네요

If you want to express surprise using 'ㅂ니다',  Just use exclamation mark and accent or use 그려.
할머니가 너무 늦게 주무십니다! or 할머니가 너무 늦게 주무십니다그려!

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I've so far only encountered the former (~네요), so I assume it is at least more common than the latter (if that's even used).

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