Robinson Crusoe was the third descendent of a good family. One of his elder brother was killed in battle and being the youngest of three, Crusoe was designed for the law by a grave and wise man, his father. As is costumary, his desires didn't agree with their father's ones and Crusoe was always more attracted by the sea. The father tried to persuade his son several times, emphasizing the misery he would have dealt if he had gone to open sea; but unfortunately, the son's inclinations were too powerful to abate them. sembra naturale?

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@ladybug Hi. Can you please explain to me why you used the 2nd conditional instead of the third one? I wanted to talk about a past hypotetical situation and in this context, the third conditional should fit better based on what I've studied before. Could you please tell me why you used the 2nd one?

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@bobloblaw Here you go.
Robinson Crusoe was the third SON (I'm not sure if 'son' is the correct answer) of a good family. One of his elder BROTHERS was killed in battle and being the youngest of three, Crusoe was destined for law by a SERIOUS (I hope now it's better) and wise man, his father. As a customary, his desires didn't agree with HIS father's and Crusoe was always more attracted TO the sea. HIS father tried to persuade his son several times, by emphasizing the misery he WOULD EXPERIENCE if he WENT to THE open sea; but unfortunately, THE son's inclinations were to powerful to abate.
Hope I did well, anyway thanks for the exercise. It was really helpful for me 😊

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@bobloblaw the reason why I didn't repeat 'his' several times in my original text was, as Italian, I do not repeat the same possessive pronoun so many times in only one or two sentences. It sounds redondant and incorrect in my language, but now I found out that English is completely different. Anyway, thanks for your help

@bobloblaw got it! Thanks