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Rule "barely vs. barley"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	barely vs. barley
Message:	Did you mean the adverb <suggestion>barely</suggestion> (= hardly, scarcely)?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link:	https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	I barley move. Correction suggestion: barely They were barley moving. Correction suggestion: barely
Correct sentences for comparison:	Emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, and barley were three of the so-called Neolithic founder crops in the development of agriculture.
ID:	BARLEY_BARELY [2]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)

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