The phrase "asserting this point" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to emphasize or declare a specific argument or idea in a discussion or text.
Example: "In her essay, she is asserting this point to strengthen her overall argument about climate change."
Alternatives: "stating this argument" or "emphasizing this idea."
Somehow, McKito asserts, by this point "[h]is loyalist past was simply not an issue" (96).
Pickard ([2001]) asserts to this point in that there is a need to protect and conserve the built and social composition in urban areas against threat posed by neglect, deliberate demolition and incongruous new construction.
Williams ([2000]) asserts to this point in that the magnitude of urban population growth in developing countries is a direct indicator of the degree of spatial concentration of people, industries, commerce, vehicles, energy consumption, water use, waste generation, and other environmental stresses.
The head of MI6 made an unprecedented – for once it is the right adjective – public speech to assert the point the other day.
They further assert "these point or perimeter solutions applied to host computers, networks, or applications often work with little knowledge of each other's functions and capabilities".
He asserted that "At this point, NATO and Afghanistan are trying to wriggle out of the situation by offering excuses.
Chances are that any loser like behavior will assert itself at this point.
Taking as our primary case studies Cavell's In Quest of the Ordinary and DeLillo's Point Omega, we assert this mature mode is one of dissonance, difficulty, intransigence, and fragmentation.
"Unfortunately, I did an incredibly poor job of asserting my point of view this past Friday.
A question for climate skeptics: I presume you agree there's at least a chance you could be wrong, just as you assert those pointing to a clearcut climate apocalypse have little basis for their claims.
