Here ya go (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=will+shall+usage&btnG=Google+Search). But since you certainly could have found that yourself if you really didn't know and wanted to find out, I'm curious to know why you're asking?
In any case: all 'authorities' agree that the usage is inconsistent, so this is not one of those cases where Those Who Know The Rules can have a lot of fun and mutual self-validation by dissing Those Who Don't.
There is a difference in shades of meaning. Consider these two sentences:
"I shall die! No one will save me!"
"I will die! No one shall save me!"
... easy to tell which speaker would be grateful to be rescued, and which one wouldn't be.
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Date: 2005-06-01 06:31 am (UTC)In any case: all 'authorities' agree that the usage is inconsistent, so this is not one of those cases where Those Who Know The Rules can have a lot of fun and mutual self-validation by dissing Those Who Don't.
There is a difference in shades of meaning. Consider these two sentences:
"I shall die! No one will save me!"
"I will die! No one shall save me!"
... easy to tell which speaker would be grateful to be rescued, and which one wouldn't be.
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Date: 2005-06-01 08:42 am (UTC)(Plus, I was interested to see the range of answers I was 96% sure I'd get)