(14) I began my search at the mall. (15) I figured pretty much every store in the mall needed help. (16) Boy, was I wrong. (17) I guess every other sixteen-year-old got there before I did. (18) However, the day wasn’t over yet. In sentence 15, figured is not the most effective word to use. Which of the following could replace figured in this sentence?
1) guessed
2) assumed
3) calculated
4) imagined

This is what i found “an elliptical clause is a type of dependent, or subordinate, clause that is missing a word or words. often, the missing part is a verb or verb phrase. while elliptical clauses are acceptable to use, they can sometimes cause confusion for writers and readers, especially when the sentence ends with a pronoun.” i hope this you for what your looking for. can you plz mark me brainliest?

Both men foresaw the us as a great future power. however, they differed on the path the nation was to follow in achieving this role. while jefferson preferred an agrarian nation, hamilton favored an industrial and business intensive nation. as such, jefferson detested hamilton's idea of a strong federal government. jefferson wanted the bulk of power to rest with the states. these major views were behind polarizing washington's cabinet into two distinct factions. hamilton's followers became known as federalists and jefferson's democratic-republicans.