The phrase "high merit" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means something that has a high level of quality or worth. Example: The essay was praised for its high merit, earning the student an A+ grade.
Such efforts have long been regarded as an ethical position of high merit.
It was 30 years ago that Arthur Sjögren organized the Pro Arte Singers, both to explore choral classics and to seek out overlooked vocal works of high merit.
A large number of films of high merit were displayed by ornithologists of various nationalities, which showed how greatly Nature photography has advanced during recent years.
A high merit for milk yield, three-times-daily milking and especially feeding the high energy feed all stimulated milk production level.
Grant's work has endured because, as Matthew Arnold observed, it has "the high merit of saying clearly in the fewest possible words what had to be said, and saying it, frequently, with shrewd and unexpected turns of expression".
I am sure that I descend from many books of several kinds, some that I have prized because of their high merit, some that I have prized because of my need for them.
Butler, recognizing the high merits of his young engineer, made Weitzel the Military Commander and Mayor of the place.
"From what we understand, their primary purpose is nurturing artists of the highest merit," he said.
Of higher merit is his Preussische Kriegslieder von einem Grenadier (1758), inspired by the campaigns of Frederick II.
The PPAs, however, have the higher merit factors compared to the CPAs under a wide range of supply voltage levels.
He rediscovered neglected books and authors and argued that the best travel writing — and non-fiction in general — was literature of the highest merit.
