That - in a society where some lords could barely write and others questioned the wisdom of learning how.

They can barely write their names, let alone a report.

You can barely write with it now, am I right?

Many, like Hilda for example, come from very poor campesino backgrounds and can barely write their names.

My arthritis stops me from reading and I can barely write.

His father, a laborer, could barely write his name.

After months of barely writing to them, it was absurd to call his parents over this unscheduled side trip.

That is why I can barely write the simplest Chinese characters.

And what I make from writing barely pays my part of the housekeeping.