hen 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_).

254. To express simply expected action:--

ACTIVE VOICE. PASSIVE VOICE.

_Singular_. _Singular_.

1. I shall choose. I shall be chosen.
2. You will choose. You will be chosen.
3. [He] will choose. [He] will be chosen.

_Plural_. _Plural_.

1. We shall choose. We shall be chosen.
2. You will choose. You will be chosen.
3. [They] will choose. [They] will be chosen.

To express determination, promise, etc.:--

ACTIVE VOICE. PASSIVE VOICE.

_Singular_. _Singular_.

1. I will choose. I will be chosen.
2. You shall choose. You shall be chosen.
3. [He] shall choose. [He] shall be chosen.

ACTIVE VOICE. PASSIVE VOICE.

_Plural_. _Plural_.

1. We will choose. 1. We will be chosen.
2. You shall choose. 2. You shall be chosen.
3. [They] shall choose. 3. [They] shall be chosen.

Exercises on _Shall_ and _Will_.

(_a_) From Secs. 252 and 253, write out a summary or outline of the
various uses of _shall_ and _will_.

(_b_) Examine the following sentences, and justify the use of _shall_
and _will_, or correct them if wrongly used:--

1. Thou art what I would be, yet only seem.

2. We would be greatly mistaken if we thought so.

3. Thou shalt have a suit, and that of the newest cut; the wardrobe
keeper shall have orders to