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I was reading a manga and a character who is really excited about the situation says "毎日何度も指折り数えてですね！". Why does it end with the て form and why is ですね added?

The full conversation is:

A: 親から無事オッケーもらえて良かったねー
B: はい！
B: 私　ほんと　今日が楽しみで楽しみで
B: 毎日何度も指折り数えてですね！

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This is functionally same as this one: What exactly is this でね construction?

で is usually used to connect to phrases, but when the speaker is too excited about the first part already, s/he wants to affirm it with ね.

Except that:

  • verb's te-form is used here, which is equivalent to noun/na-adj. + で (duh)
  • has です in the middle

The seemingly dislocated です is put there to keep politeness (in order to talk to a senpai) which otherwise nowhere to place in this (half-)sentence. Generally, where final particles can be used, it can be buffed with です for politeness even no copula is expected.

俺ね、昨日ホームセンターでね、こんな道具見つけたんだよ

私ですね、昨日ホームセンターでですね、こんな道具見つけたんですよ

This is a colloquial grammar, because use of final particles as such is.

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