t of _shall_ and _should_, with pronouns of the
first person; as, "I think I _will_ go."

[Sidenote: _Uses of_ shall _and_ should.]

The following distinctions must be observed:--

(1) With the FIRST PERSON, shall and should are used,--

[Sidenote: _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.

How _shall_ I describe the luster which at that moment burst upon
my vision?--C. BROCKDEN BROWN.

[Sidenote: _Second and third persons._]

(2) With the SECOND AND THIRD PERSONS, _shall_ and _should_ are
used,--

(_a_) To express authority, in the form of command, promise, or
confident prediction. The following are examples:--

Never mind, my lad, whilst I live thou _shalt_ never want a
friend to stand by thee.--IRVING.

They _shall_ have venison to eat, and corn to hoe.--COOPER.

The sea _shall_ crush thee; yea, the ponderous wave up the loose
beach _shall_ grind and scoop thy grave.--THAXTER.

She _should_ not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of
the noonday;
Nay, she _should_ ride like a queen, not plod along like a
peasant.--LONGFELLOW.

(_b_) In _indirect quotations_, to express the same idea that the
original speaker put forth (i.e., future action); for example,--

He declares that he _shall_ win the purse from you.--BULWER.

She rejects his suit with scorn, but assures him that she _shall_
make great use of her power over him.--MACAULAY.

Fielding came up more and more bland and smiling, with the
conviction that he _should_ win in the end.--A. LARNED.

Those who had too presumptuously concluded that they _should_
pass without combat were something disconcerted.--SCOTT.

(_c_) With _direct questions_ of the second person, when the answer
expected would express simple futurity; thus,--

"_Should_ you like to go to school at Canterbury?"--DICKENS.

[Sidenote: _First, second and third persons._]

(3) With ALL THREE PERSONS,--

(_a_) _Should_ is used with the meaning of obligation, and is
equivalent to _ought_.

I never was what I _should_ be.--H. JAMES, JR.

Milton! thou _should