253.  Will and would are used as follows:—­

[Sidenote:  Authority as to future action—­first person.]

(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.

[Sidenote:  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.

[Sidenote:  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.

     She would tell you that punishment is the reward of the
     wicked.—­LANDOR.

     When I am in town, you’ll always have somebody to sit with you. 
     To be sure, so you will.—­DICKENS.

(4) With FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PERSONS, would is used to express a wish,—­the original meaning of the word will; for example,—­

[Sidenote:  Subject I omitted:  often so.]

     Would that a momentary emanation from thy glory would visit
     me!—­C.B.  BROWN.

     Thine was a dangerous gift, when thou wast born, The gift of
     Beauty. Would thou hadst it not.—­ROGERS

     It shall be gold if thou wilt, but thou shalt answer to me for
     the use of it.—­SCOTT.

     What wouldst thou have a good great man obtain?—­COLERIDGE.

(5) With the THIRD PERSON, will and would often denote an action as customary, without regard to future time; as,

     They will go to Sunday schools, through storms their brothers
     are afraid of....  They will stand behind a table at a fair all
     day.—­HOLMES

     On a slight suspicion, they would cut off the hands of numbers
     of the natives, for punishment or intimidation.—­BANCROFT.

     In this stately chair would he sit, and this magnificent pipe
     would he smoke, shaking his right knee with a constant
     motion.—­IRVING.

Conjugation of Shall and Will as Auxiliaries (with Choose).