I am adamant the number one cause of no merits is poor English, this is something you can change if you are struggling to get merits so if you know that this is the limitation then you need to take some steps
Sure that is a major factor but not always. 
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just makes me assume they are a 3rd world poster
I do agree with this as there are a lot of shit posters and i have reported 525 posts with 98% accuracy but majority of them are from non English speaking users and majority from advert spam from newbie accounts but does that mean that non English speakers are 3rd world poster. 
Congrats on reaching 1060 Merits by the way and thanks for the insight on how to get merits.
