The phrase "asserted i" is not correct in written English.
It appears to be a fragment and lacks proper capitalization and context.
Example: "The researcher asserted I had misunderstood the findings."
Alternatives: "claimed I" or "stated I".
He asserted: "I don't mind the personal abuse.
Later, she asserted: "I make $11 a day in tips.
These enemies hated him and he asserted, "I welcome their hatred".
In her 1995 book, "Plainwater," she asserted: "I will do anything to avoid boredom.
Mr. Reghduanullah asserted: "I am sure they will do an operation soon.
Again and again I asserted I was no man's slave, and insisted upon his taking off my chains at once.
In an earlier confession, prosecutors said, she had asserted, "I would fight with my life to stop Neil Heywood's madness".
Nicholls asserted, "I like to live dangerously," an apt description of his fingertip hold on Peterborough during eight close elections.
At one point in our correspondence he asserted: "I do not attack environmentalists, show me an example".
But during his opening argument on Monday, Mr. Muhammad also asserted, "I had nothing to do with these crimes".
But while raising the possibility of a terrorism designation, the president also asserted: "I don't think it was an act of war.
