The phrase "a theory put forward" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a hypothesis or idea that has been proposed by someone, often in academic or scientific contexts.
Example: "The researcher presented a theory put forward by several scholars in the field, suggesting a new approach to understanding the phenomenon."
Alternatives: "a theory proposed" or "a theory suggested".
That will test a theory put forward just a few weeks ago by Paul Steinhardt of Princeton University.
The international team reached their conclusion while testing a theory put forward by the late American linguist Charles Hockett.
The finding adds weight to a theory put forward by some scientists that stunted development in the amygdala gives rise to autism.
[The Guardian, Comics Alliance] At least one commentator debunked a theory put forward by the feminist author Naomi Wolf that Congress could have conspired with the Department of Homeland Security to encourage cities to close Occupy encampments.
In other words, nanoparticles.This research, published recently in Physical Review Letters, supports a theory put forward several years ago by John Abrahamson, a chemical engineer from the University of Canterbury, in New Zealand.
Their evidence reputes a theory put forward in 2012 which argued the early human specimen had lived on a diverse woodland diet including nuts, tree bark, leaves, fruit and other plant products.
A contrasting theory, put forward by Kanfer and Heggestad (1999), is that work motivation occurs as a function of the interaction between the person and the situation [ 39].
The findings also give the lie to a widely publicized theory put forward by the Soviet K.G.B. that the AIDS virus had escaped from an American germ warfare laboratory, Dr. David D. Ho, the head of the Diamond AIDS Center, said in an interview.
The three-phase traffic model [10] is a classic traffic flow theory put forward by B. S. Kerner between 1996 and 2002.
A more recent and controversial theory put forward by such scholars as American Jim G. Shaffer and Indian B.B. Lal suggests that Aryan civilization did not migrate to the subcontinent but was an original ethnic and linguistic element of pre-Vedic India.
A video posted by Scott Myrick (@scott_myrick) on Feb 2 , 2015at 9 23am PST Myrick corroborates the theory put forward by a palm tree dancer on Reddit yesterday that trained landshark twerkers were replaced at the last minute by Perry's own entourage - explaining their poor grasp of the dance moves.
