Can we use the word "from" (again) instead of "out of" in the following sentence? Does it not make sense if we use or it was not used in order to avoid repeating the word from ?
...Here's the formal definition from the ABC Institute out of their book called...
How about this sentence
...Here's the formal definition from their book called...
Yes, it’s grammatically correct to repeat the word “from”, like this:
Here’s the formal definition from the ABC Institute from their book The World’s Best-Loved Formal Definitions: …
However, as you probably guessed, it sounds a little clumsy. English provides many alternative ways to say the same thing. Here are a few examples:
Here’s the ABC Institute’s formal definition from their book De Ratione Definiendi Æquivocando: …
Here’s the formal definition from the ABC Institute, found in their book From Genus, From Differentia: …
Quoting A Child’s First Book of Definitions, here’s the ABC Institute’s formal definition: …
More generally, here’s how to think up alternatives to fix a repeated or unclear preposition: (1) see if you can use the possessive case; (2) think of something more specific to say in place of the preposition. As the examples of “found” and “quoting” illustrate, the new word will often be a verb. That suggests another strategy: (3) think of a verb.
Grammatically, it is perfectly fine to replace 'out of' with 'from' in this case. If you were to do so in conversation, it's likely that no one would care or notice. In writing, we often try to avoid repeating a word in that way, and will use different phrasing or a synonym to avoid it. This is purely a stylistic decision, however.
