Shall and Will.
252. The principal trouble in the use of shall and will is the disposition, especially in the United States, to use will and would, to the neglect of shall and should, with pronouns of the first person; as, "I think I will go."
Uses of shall and should.
The following distinctions must be observed:—
(1) With the FIRST PERSON, shall and should are used,—
Futurity and questions—first person.
(a) In making simple statements or predictions about future time; as,—
The time will come full soon, I shall be gone.—L. C. Moulton.
(b) In questions asking for orders, or implying obligation or authority resting upon the subject; as,—
With respect to novels, what shall I say?—N. Webster.