The phrase "grounding the notion" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used when discussing the basis or foundation of an idea or concept. Example: The research conducted by our team serves the purpose of grounding the notion that exercise has numerous benefits for both physical and mental well-being.
Writers composing dialogues between Christian and Jewish (or pagan) spokesmen are at the same time shifting the grounds of those arguments from proof texts from scripture to arguments grounded in the notion that the truths of the faith were self-evident and could be convincing even to those not sharing common beliefs or authoritative texts (Cohen 1999, 167 218).
His political thought was grounded in the notion of a social contract between citizens and in the importance of toleration, especially in matters of religion.
Indeed, the victory in Windsor was grounded in the notion that marriage law has traditionally been left up to the states.
There was no indication so far that his actions would translate into a change in foreign policy, which remains grounded on the notion that the country is under imminent threat from South Korea and the United States.
Many European Jewish communities, however, have strongly objected to this policy, which is grounded in the notion that since such a large proportion of European Jewry was murdered in the Holocaust and so many survivors emigrated to Palestine, the "remnants" left in communities today cannot possibly be regarded as the rightful heirs of either the movable or the built Jewish heritage.
As we have seen, Mohist semantics and epistemology are grounded in the notion of distinguishing things as "the same" (tong) or "different" (yi).
In addition, the new science was grounded on the notion, utterly absent in previous ages, that the events in this domain form a self-regulating system.
What is at stake, thus, is the possibility of developing a future Europe actively recognizing both the formal and substantive rights of the Roma, grounded on the notion that "I am not merely here-and-now, sealed into thingness.
Early-modern peasant protest movements and uprisings were often grounded in the notion that righteous and humane rulers ought to provide for the just interests of society as a whole.
In this study, grounded in the notion of quantitative literacy outlined by Wilkins (in press, 2010), a measurement model of QLT is validated for a sample of elementary-aged students.
