If you dont want merits. Can you give some merits to me??
This will not work. The trick is to say" Do not give me merits" and then get some merits just like what OP did.

Indeed, he wrote so that noone did not give him merits. And they took and gave him merit! It's just incredible Dr John H. Watson!
You know what, my friends, do not give me merits too!
