[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because the article the is used to limit the meaning of “repetition,” or “too frequent repetition,” where a would better suit the sense.  But, according to a principle on page 225th, “The articles can seldom be put one for the other, without gross impropriety; and either is of course to be preferred to the other, as it better suits the sense.”  Therefore, “the” should be a, which, in this instance, ought to be placed after the adjective; thus, “To enable us to avoid too frequent a repetition of the same word.”]

“The former is commonly acquired in the third part of the time.”—­Burn’s Gram., p. xi.  “Sometimes the adjective becomes a substantive, and has another adjective joined to it:  as, ‘The chief good.’”—­L.  Murray’s Gram., i, 169.  “An articulate sound is the sound of the human voice, formed by the organs of speech.”—­Ib., i, 2; Lowth’s Gram., 2; T.  Smith’s, 5.  “Tense is the distinction of time:  there are six tenses.”—­Maunder’s Gram., p. 6.  “In this case, the ellipsis of the last article would be improper.”—­L.  Murray’s Gram., i, p. 218.  “Contrast has always the effect to make each of the contrasted objects appear in the stronger light.”—­Ib., i, 349; Blair’s Rhet., p. 167.  “These remarks may serve to shew the great importance of the proper use of the article.”—­Lowth’s Gram., p. 12; Murray’s, i, 171. “’Archbishop Tillotson,’ says an author of the History of England, ’died in this year.’”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 107.  “Pronouns are used instead of substantives, to prevent the too frequent repetition of them.”—­Alex.  Murray’s Gram., p. 22. “That, as a relative, seems to be introduced to save the too frequent repetition of who and which.”—­Ib., p. 23.  “A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word.”—­L.  Murray’s Gram., i, p. 28. “That is often used as a relative, to prevent the too frequent repetition of who and which.”—­Kirkham’s Gram., p. 109; L.  Murray’s, i, 53; Hiley’s, 84.  “His knees smote one against an other.”—­Logan’s Sermons.  “They stand now on one foot, then on another.”—­Walker’s Particles, p. 259.  “The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.”—­Gen., xxxi, 49.  “Some have enumerated ten [parts of speech], making a participle a distinct part.”—­L.  Murray’s Gram, i, p. 29.  “Nemesis rides upon an Hart, because a Hart is a most lively Creature.”—­Bacon’s Wisdom, p. 50.  “The transition of the voice from one vowel of the diphthong to another.”—­Wilson’s Essay on Gram., p. 29.  “So difficult it is to separate these two things from one another.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 92.  “Without the material breach of any rule.”—­Ib., p. 101.  “The great source of a loose style, in opposition to precision, is the injudicious use of those words termed synonymous.”—­Ib., p. 97.  “The great source of a loose style, in opposition to precision, is the injudicious use of the words termed synonymous.”—­Murray’s Gram., i, p. 302.  “Sometimes one article is improperly used for another.”—­Sanborn’s Gram., p. 197.