Japanese and Chinese uses counting words. Saying how many bottles of beer you have and how many sheets of paper you have use the same number but a different cou

Japanese and Chinese uses counting words. Saying how many bottles of beer you have and how many sheets of paper you have use the same number but a different counting word. These are analogous to the following English sentences: "one bottle of beer" vs "one sheet of paper" except you cannot drop the counting word, saying "one beer" or "one paper" is incorrect.