The phrase "assertion appeared" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a statement or claim that has been made in a written or spoken communication. Example: In the essay, the author's main assertion appeared in the opening paragraph, setting the tone for the rest of the piece.
That assertion appeared to have subtance.
The assertion appeared to be in some part a response to criticism from the Northern Alliance that the bombing has not opened the way for its forces to move against the Taliban.
His assertion appeared to contradict the testimony of the city's Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, who noted that Mr. Baez died of asphyxiation and suffered large bruises on his neck and burst blood vessels around his eyes and larynx.
Her assertion appears unconvincing.A Taiwanese manager at the company says "progress" is being made towards settling the strike.
That this assertion appears to have no basis in fact has not affected the President's statements.
But that assertion appears to be part of an unusually haunted conception of the way things are going in the Middle East.
This assertion appears to have come not from the newspaper, but from Connors herself, which is bizarre and frustrating for two reasons.
Matthew's assertion appears to have been supported a few weeks later by Charles Darwin himself, who acknowledged that Matthew "anticipated" his explanation by several years, while also admitting his ignorance of Matthew's work.
The assertion appears to be that the government is entitled to seize records of private conversations on the chance that the conversants may at some point in the future be suspected of malfeasance.
According to a guidance document issued in 2002, the FDA says the distinguishing feature of compounding pharmacies is that they make "drug products. . . on a customized basis for an individual patient". A similar assertion appears in the warning letter the agency sent to the New England Compounding Center in 2006.
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