(1) With the FIRST PERSON, will and would are used to express determination as to the future, or a promise; as, for example,—
I will go myself now, and will not return until all is finished.—Cable.
And promised...that I would do him justice, as the sole inventor.—Swift.
Disguising a command.
(2) With the SECOND PERSON, will is used to express command. This puts the order more mildly, as if it were merely expected action; as,—
Thou wilt take the skiff, Roland, and two of my people,... and fetch off certain plate and belongings.—Scott.
You will proceed to Manassas at as early a moment as practicable, and mark on the grounds the works, etc.—War Records.
Mere futurity.
(3) With both SECOND AND THIRD PERSONS, will and would are used to express simple futurity, action merely expected to occur; for example,—
All this will sound wild and chimerical.—Burke.