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Strictly speaking, will is the auxiliary verb of the future tense for the second and third persons ( you, he, she, it and they), and shall is the auxiliary for the first person ( I, we). Thus we have "You ( or he, she, it or they ) will leave Rome tomorrow and I (or we) shall arrive there then." In American usage this distinction is not generally maintained, and willis the auxiliary of the future tense for all persons.

Shall with the second or third person as in "It shall be done," and "You shall be rewarded" conveys the sense of a command or a promise. By the same token will with the first person, as in "I will not be treated this way" and "We will have peace" has the same sense.

Shall I? and shall we? normally express impatience or sarcasm, as in "Let's keep it down, shall we?" or a request for affirmation or confirmation, as in "I'll serve the coffee, shall I?"

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