How to number (on the left margin) paragraphs instead of lines?

I am aware of package lineno for raw numbers, but my line numbers may change due to English language editing but my paragraphs will likelly not: is it possible to number (on the left margin) paragraphs instead of lines, so I can refer to some text as “Section 2.2, paragraph 3″ ?

I saw How can I number paragraphs (and sections) in the margin? but section numbers and paragraph numebers are put together there, while I am looking to something more like lineno, where on the margin I have just parapraphs numbers instead of lines.