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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 (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100) |