Multiple choice general knowledge

Being abandoned by our friends is the cause of great sorrow for us.

  1. Being abandoned by our friends is the cause of great sorrow for us.

  2. Our being abandoned by our friends is the cause of great sorrow.

  3. Being abandoned by our friends, we feel great sorrow.

  4. Abandoned by our friends, sorrow is the result.

  5. We feel great sorrow when our friends abandon us.

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E Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence has a dangling modifier issue - 'Being abandoned by our friends' grammatically modifies 'the cause', not 'us'. Option E fixes this by making 'we' the logical subject who feels the sorrow, resulting in a clear, active construction.