In the eighteenth century the study of language fell into two categories: the more intellectual study which saw in language a reflection of the workings of the mind and therefore pursued the matter of universal grammar with enthusiasm, and the more practical study which saw as its task the provision of books on grammar for educational. The successor of the first type is represented by the work of Horn Tooke, whose Diversions of Purley was published in two volumes in 1778 and 1805.This book dominated discussions about language in England for the first third of the nineteenth century. Because language and thought were closely related, thinking was in essence an element of language and so it is not surprising that many accepted that those who had an incomplete command of language were unable to think rationally. Tooke held the view that language could be reduced to two categories: nouns and other words. The first category, nouns, originated as direct signs that referred to features in nature and represented them. The speed of communication meant that speech became abbreviated and thus the original signs were corrupted so that their original meaning could not be seen in present words. Tooke’s book achieved enormous influence in English intellectual life and prevented the pursuit of more historical studies which were now more fashionable in France and especially in Germany. These views of Tooke rekindled an interest in universal grammar and also sparked off studies in etymology and the origin of language. The study of language was thus both philosophical and speculative, and interest in the language of everyday use and how it had developed was left to the grammarians. The work of Lewth was followed by that of Lindley Murray whose English Grammar was published in 1795 and reissued at least forty-five times in England before 1832.it became the favorite