I have been practicing writing recently where I use counters, but I keep
getting corrected by native speakers on there usage.

For example I write

> 3個のりんごを食べたいです。  
>  I want to eat 3 apples.

But I keep getting corrected to

> りんご3個を食べたいです。

I don't really understand why I'm getting corrected though. When asking for an
explanation I have only been told the usage is wrong, but it doesn't go deeper
than that.

This conflicts with various articles that I have read like this
[one](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-counters-guide/#using-japanese-
counters-in-grammar) that say they are the same/have the same meaning. So now
I'm just extremely confused overall.

What is the difference between `3個のりんごを食べたいです。` and `りんご3個を食べたいです。`? Why do I
keep getting corrected?

Also where does this put the version where the counter is used as an adverb?
For example:

> りんごを3個食べたいです。

What does it mean or imply? Is there special use-cases for this version too?

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**Response to broccolifacemask-cloth:**

Honestly, I don't think that answers it unfortunately

From my perspective, what I thought or already understood, the article I
linked, and the question you linked (including the wiki link in the answer)
all seem to have the same understanding. Which is that counter usage comes in
2 different "categories"

```

    Noun based, which has 2 "styles"
    A. [Number][Counter]の[Noun] => 3個のりんご
    B. [Noun][Number][Counter] => りんご3個
    
    Adverb based:
    C. [Number][Counter][Verb] => 3個食べたいです
    
```

When it comes to the noun based category it seems that they simply show that
there is a count associated with a noun and nothing more. No implied meaning
or anything. Just simply there is a X amount of Y noun. However, based on the
number of times I keep getting corrected and attempts to get an explanation
there seems to be some implied meaning / difference between the 2 styles and
that is what I'm trying to understand.

Which then makes me question if I understand the adverb based version. In my
current understanding (also what seems to be stated in the links) the adverb
based version puts emphasis on the number of times an action occurs **where**
the noun based version puts emphasis on the count or number of the noun.

So I guess a better way to state my question is:

Is there actually an implied meaning / difference between the 2 noun based
styles or am I just being corrected because some native speakers prefer one
style over the other? Also is my understanding of the adverb based version
correct?
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counters nouns
Counters and their placements with nouns
Japanese is a topic prominent language and since apple りんご is the topic of the
sentence, it should be placed at the start of the sentence.

3個のりんごを食べたいです。and りんご3個を食べたいです。both means the same thing - I want to eat three
apples.

Whereas, りんごを3個食べたいです means I would like to eat three apples

Hope you find this helpful!!
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This is kind of a "feeling" answer, but perhaps it will be helpful.

"３個のりんごを" sounds like 1) there are 3 specific apples that you intend to eat,
or 2) you want to eat exactly 3 and no more than 3. "りんごを３個" sounds like you
really like apples and that you want to (could) eat three.

For example "２杯のビールを飲んだ" vs "ビール２杯を飲んだ". The first puts emphasis on the
counter. Perhaps I don't usually drink that much so I want to stress that I
drank a lot (for me). The second feels more like a statement of fact, perhaps
to explain why I'm not that hungry at the moment.

Further, if I wanted to emphasize that I drank a lot for me, and still place
the counter after the noun, I could say "ビール２杯 **も** 飲んだ"

These are probably questions of usage conventions, and there may not be hard
and fast grammar rules that apply. (I'm not that versed in grammar
technicalities and terminology.)

I upvoted the "topic first" answer, because it seems to capture a (unwritten?)
usage convention as well.
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