Counters with and without の


I'm currently reading a short paragraph [here](https://www.wasabi-
jpn.com/japanese-lessons/1-3-the-north-wind-and-the-sun/) that has the
following sentences:

>
> 男{おとこ}はそう言{い}うと、もう一枚{いちまい}マントを出{だ}して、急{いそ}いで着{き}ました。北風{きたかぜ}は二{に}枚{まい}のマントを脱{ぬ}がせるために、もっと強{つよ}く風{かぜ}を吹{ふ}きました。

In particular, the first sentence uses the counter directly without の as
一枚{いちまい}マント, while the second uses it with a の as 二{に}枚{まい}のマント.

I checked this
[answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/47925/can-a-particle-
attach-to-a-counter) for particles after counters, but that's for different
particles. Looking at [this
answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/36890/questions-about-
counters) that mentions の, it implies it should be either マント一枚{いちまい} or
一枚{いちまい}のマント. And yet, [this Tae Kim
page](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/complete/counting) on counters has
this as an example:

> 紙｛かみ｝、二｛に｝枚｛まい｝ずつをホッチキスで留｛とど｝める。

which is without の, but I imagine that's an exception, as ずつ is a suffix and
not a noun, and would perhaps be shuffled around into something like this:

> 二｛に｝枚｛まい｝の紙｛かみ｝ずつをホッチキスで留｛とど｝める。

However, I'm not too sure then if the original article's lack of の is a typo
or if there's a slightly different meaning like the suffix.




[数詞の副詞的用法 (adverbial usage of numerical
expression)](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q12194768172)
should answer your question.

All of below are acceptable and mean the same:

  * もう一枚マントを出して
  * マントをもう一枚出して
  * もう一枚のマントを出して

In the first two, もう一枚 is used adverbially while in the last, combined with の,
modifies マント.

In the second example, 二枚の紙ずつを is wrong.

  * 紙二枚ずつを留める
  * 紙を二枚ずつ留める

are both possible. The latter is the example of an adverbial usage, and sounds
more natural to me.

Btw, 留める is read とめる in this case.

