The phrase "this essay argues" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used at the beginning of an essay or academic paper to clearly state the main argument or thesis of the piece. Example: This essay argues that the implementation of renewable energy sources is essential for mitigating the effects of climate change.
The only thing they're feeding, this essay argues, is food industry profits from pricey substitutes.
This essay argues that new authoring environments fundamentally change the authorship paradigm.
This essay argues that this campaign primarily is motivated by strategic interest of the United States in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region.
This essay argues that an underused style of computer modeling what I call "moderate-complexity" agent-based modeling has the potential to serve as a source of new insights about processes of cultural change.
By drawing on the often under-recognized parallels between biological evolution and human learning, this essay argues that formal education needs and ought not to forego the unconscious exploratory processes of informal learning.
"This Essay argues that those privileged to serve as President and in senior roles in the Executive Branch have an obligation to use that influence to enhance the fairness and effectiveness of the justice system at all phases".
The economist-politician who was supposed to transform the lumbering elephant of India's elephant economy into a supple tiger has all but disappeared, the essay argues.
Finally, the essay argues that English studies will concede the central pedagogical stage of the 21st century unless we develop datagogies that engage the creative power of individuals working collaboratively in a climate that respects diversity and independent thinking.
This review essay argues that management accounting is a social science defined by a pluralism of approaches, and it identifies the generalization of social perspectives on management accounting, and particularly their ability to transcend technical and economic aspects of accounting practice, as crucial components in reproducing this specific form of expertise.
Indeed, as the essay argued, international adoption carries real risk of moral hazard and unintended consequences.
Second, the essay argued against what he called the dogma of reductionism, or "the belief," as he put it, "that each meaningful statement is equivalent to some logical construct upon terms which refer to immediate experience".
