The phrase "assertion like that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific claim or statement that has been made, often implying skepticism or criticism.
Example: "I find it hard to believe an assertion like that could be taken seriously without evidence."
Alternatives: "claim like that" or "statement like that".
Assertions like that are so sweepingly speculative that they are both irrefutable and unprovable.
I'm getting tired of assertions like that of Representative Ernest Istook Jr. -- "As prayer has gone out of schools, guns, knives, drugs and gangs have come in" -- with the unsupported implication that there is some causal connection between these events ("House Rejects Drive to Allow Formal Prayer in the Schools," news article, June 5).
And, according to him, it's about time: "There is nothing in Catholicism that says we have to suspend our common sense or honesty when faced with papal assertions like that of Paul VI that women cannot be ordained because they do not look like Jesus, or that priests cannot be married though Saint Paul told the Corinthians that he had every right to be married, like Peter.
Had the results of this Facebook experiment been a simple Black Mirror-like assertion that technology is generally quite bad, it would be simpler.
The definition is tight and narrow; I disagree with assertions like yours that it is overly broad.
The other main apologist statement is the assertion that "things are not like that any more", that allegations of sexual abuse or paedophile priests are taken seriously by the church and that all those working with children are now vetted.
Then Rick says that because he and Mr. Jordan wear lay-flat shirts, "we're like twins," an assertion that leads Mr. Jordan to roll his eyes.
For the focal students' texts, I adapted four categories for analyzing text dialogue and provide my own descriptions and examples, as seen in Table 2. Table 2 Analyzing external voices with engagement: four categories of dialogic voicing Engagement Term Description Example dialogic contraction pronouncement closes down a dialogue; can be a bare assertion that looks like facts.
Is this what feminism looks like, the sober assertion that when women old enough to legally marry, drive and vote decide that "saying no is too difficult," our best response is to outlaw sex on film?
