The phrase "as someone remarks" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a statement or opinion that has been expressed by someone else, often to lend authority or credibility to the point being made.
Example: "The situation is more complex than it appears, as someone remarks in their recent article."
Alternatives: "as noted by someone" or "as pointed out by someone".
Worse still, he has been, as someone remarks, "rather unfortunate in his choice of ancestors".
Getting music off the internet before Napster was tricky, unreliable – as someone remarks in Downloaded, "a colossal pain in the ass".
The setting is the modern Greece in which the fisherfolk sit around, as someone remarks, in joyless subjection to their economic woes.
"Malcolm," which opens today at Cinema 2, is about a young man who, as someone remarks, is not 100percenttherere, but is a genius when it comes to trolley cars and anything else that moves.
The best acceptance speech is given by William Hague (speech of the year) who, as someone remarks afterwards, has the uncanny ability to let an audience know that they are going to be entertained, even before he starts speaking.
As someone remarked after a tournament several years ago: "It was interesting.
As someone remarked, Quillin should now be known as "Kid Too-Much-Chocolate".
You tangled gently with Keith, especially (as someone remarked) after 9.20pm when the smiling, witty chef in a bow tie was likely to be subverted by red wine and paranoia.
A romantic, philosophical epic, it's trying to say something about the great mysteries of life and, as someone remarked of Roth's earlier film, you can't see the forest for the truisms.
Trump has repeatedly called Democrats "treasonous" and has threatened to dump migrants into their districts (as someone remarked on Twitter, it's as if they are bearing smallpox blankets), because they won't give him the changes to immigration law he wants.
As someone remarked in February 2010, "secret corporate lobbying, like the expenses scandal, goes to the heart of why people are so fed up with politics … it's time we shone the light of transparency on lobbying in our country and forced our politics to come clean about who is buying power and influence". Who was this leftwing firebrand?
