The phrase "asserting of course" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey a sense of certainty or acknowledgment, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "He was asserting, of course, that his opinion was the only valid one."
Alternatives: "stating, of course" or "claiming, naturally".
Asking a second set of questions about house-building, which Cameron effortlessly rebutted by asserting, "Of course we need to build new homes," the leader of the opposition paused to correct himself.
Mr. Trump hardly clarified the matter, treating Mrs. Clinton's remark first as a compliment — "That makes me smart" — and, when questioned after the debate, asserting, "Of course, I pay federal taxes".
Onto this grotesque misrepresentation he adds Constitutional "credibility" by asserting: "Of course the progressive agenda must make infinitely elastic the restraints imposed by the founders' Constitution and its principles of limited government".
He believes that violence, alcohol-fueled or otherwise, is a greater problem than drugs and that police action should be fashioned suitably, while asserting that "of course, as responsible venue operators, we uphold the current law to the letter".
For instance, Mayr (1963, p. 609) is famous for asserting (wrongly, of course) that searching for homologous genes, or indeed other relevant features of development for evolution, would be futile (see Gould 2002, for discussion).
McCain asserted that "of course evil must be defeated," and he put "radical Islamic extremism," Al Qaeda in particular, at the top of his to-defeat list.
In the debate, Palin has to dispatch quickly any queries about herself, and confidently assert that of course she's qualified to be vice president.
When asked about his lack of initial response, Baldwin asserted that "of course any right-thinking man or woman feels horrible for [the victims]." "I think we're at a point now where you have writers online saying to me, 'Why aren't you condemning Jimmy?' Well, I'm going to get around to that in my own way and in my own time," Baldwin said.
This principle asserts: the course-of-values of the function ƒ is identical to the course-of-values of the function g if and only if ƒ and g map every object to the same value.
As all three plays in "Happy Hour" assert, it is of course human beings who manufacture the hostility in the universe, but Mr. Coen's writing is too insubstantial to elaborate his theme compellingly.
"Mrs. P. sustained the charges by asserting a continual course of cruelty toward his wife while there; stating that he drove her from his room and causing her to Sleep on the floor, and laying violent hands on her". (September 1853).
