The word 'purports' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a verb that means to give the impression of being something, or to outwardly appear to be something (even if that impression or appearance is false). Example sentence: The company purports to be a leader in sustainability, but its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint have been minimal.
It purports to be objective and rational yet it builds in so many assumptions that it leads inevitably to the conclusion that animal experiments are necessary.
A video posted on YouTube purports to show the rebels' interrogation of clan leader Zaino Berri before he was killed.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.26pm BST17:26 Homs explosions Video from the central city of Homs purports to show the moment when the ceasefire was shattered by explosions in the city.
Another purports to shows major Amna Mohammad Gazi defecting in Idlb province.
By virtue of its platitudes, this prevailing air of pan-feminism stifles debate and removes the agency it purports to provide us.
However by reinforcing the disaster narrative, Campbell, amongst others, is disenfranchising those she purports to help.
Since the banking collapse, what purports to be a serious debate over the future of the economy has been whittled down to little more than a ping-pong match: cuts v no cuts.
Meanwhile, new video purports to show rebels entering the city from the north west suburb of Hretan.
For a government that purports to be "female friendly" with its policies on maternity leave, IVF for lesbians, domestic violence and rape and equal pay, Labour appears to have shot itself in the foot.
Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Centre, which purports to unmask "liberal bias", said that Mr Cain had predicted months ago that he might face a "high-tech lynching" like the accusations of sexual harassment that afflicted Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court.
It purports to demonstrate that profligate government is throwing excessive salaries around and paying workers out of all proportion to their value in private markets.
