Many of the precise distinctions concerning the use of shall and will are rapidly passing out of informal speaking and writing. Careful writers, however, still observe some of these distinctions. The following are some of the distinctions that are still most generally observed.

Simple Futurity
Person	Singular	Plural
First Person	I shall go	We shall go
Second Person	You will go	You will go
Third Person	He, she, it will go	They will go

Determination, Threat and Promise
Person	Singular	Plural
First Person	I will go	We will go
Second Person	You shall go	You shall go
Third Person	He, she, it shall go	They shall go