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Discover Ludwig"to merit" is perfectly correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone deserving praise, reward, or attention due to their actions and achievements. For example: "John has worked exceptionally hard over the past year and truly merits a promotion."
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to merit
noun
Something deserving positive recognition.
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To merit power, it must show more responsibility.
International posts should be filled according to merit.
Nothing about the building's design seems to merit that name.
To merit that, they need to do more.
But neither did quite enough to merit a victory.
Has Kenny Dalglish done enough to merit keeping his?
No holiday is too small to merit attention.
Sufficiently dodgy, often, to merit a yellow card.
No employer is too insignificant to merit a Fitger missive.
Both were way too casual to merit their price.
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A similar trend applies to merit-based scholarships from colleges and universities.
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