Select the verbal; indicate whether it is a participle, gerund, or infinitive; and indicate how it functions in the sentence. his greatest ambition is to follow in his father's footsteps.

the correct answer is:   [d]:

              →       " fond of fighting " .

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      best wishes!

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .