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Hi, Pigale!
No, I think that would definitely be "You WILL do it!"

Hi Elle,

I don't wish to argue with you, since you seem to be an authority
on English grammar, yet I distinctly remember reading about
this particular use of Shall; Perhaps my memory is playing me
up!

Hi, Pigale !
Goodness, I'm no authority on anything!
Just an interested learner!
I'm often wrong about things!

Hi pigale
You are probably thinking of the Frenchman who fell into the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park and shouted
"I will drown, and no-one shall save me!"




...so no-one did!

Hi Chrise,

Yes, but surely he could also have said

I 'shall' drown, and no-one will stop me!

In fact I had not heard of this Frenchman!

Sorry elle, - I didn't scroll down to your post!

Actually, my answer to Chrise serves no purpose since Shall is
used with 1st person singular!

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/shall-or-will

I rarely, if ever, use "shall". It does not come naturally to me.

Yes "I shall" is a prediction, "I will" is an intention. The reverse holds for 2nd and 3rd person though!

We crossed, jazzy - your link says pretty much the same thing. I do use "shall", though.