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Discover LudwigThe use of "barely can" is correct in written English and can be used to refer to an ability that is difficult or close to impossible.
For example, "I barely can afford to buy groceries this month."
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It seems he barely can, either.
I barely can handle getting a flu shot.
His wife replied, "No, we barely can get by, just the two of us".
In ITER, hot particles from the plasma slam into a particular part of the tokamak called the diverter — and the diverter barely can handle it.
Close-up or macro photography is fascinating for the simple fact that you are able to make pictures of things you barely can see with the naked eye.
He stands up there with lowered lids, falling voice and slumping shoulders, swathed in drab, emitting exhalations that barely can be characterized as sentences.
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Some can barely wait.
Some can barely sleep.
"I can barely walk.
"I can barely eat.
Brendan can barely handle it.
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