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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 |
Link: | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely |
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect: |
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ID: | BARLEY_BARELY [4] |
Version: | 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-06 22:33:09 +0100) |