[晴れ時々英語のお勉強] 中村澄子『炎の千本ノック！とことん文法徹底攻略』（祥伝社、２０２４年）
FOCUS-46 過去分詞の後置修飾
[問題文]
Anything purchased online can be returned at a retail
store as long as the merchandiese is acoompanied by
proof of purchase.
主語の"Anything purchased online"のpurchasedは「過去分詞」で直前の名詞を修飾。
「分詞」は動詞の変化した形で「動詞」と「形容詞」の役割を兼ねる。
①現在分詞(-ing形)「～する」（能動的な意味）
②過去分詞(-ed形)「～される」（受動的な意味）
分詞が１語の場合は名詞の前に置く。
「分詞＋修飾語」の場合は名詞の後ろに置く（後置修飾）。
《比較》
purchased items （購入品）
items purchased online （オンラインでの購入品）
[問題文]
73. The management position posted by the human
resources department is open to anyone who has at least
three years' sales experience.
84. The tariff charged on an imported product is
determained by how much the item is expected to sell for
in the retai market.
（輸入品に課せられる関税は、その商品が小売市場でいくらで売れるかによって決まります）
108. Consultants assigned to the project must complete a
non-disclosure form which was sent as an attached file in
the email.
136. Although the panel encouraged discussion on any
issues, questions were confiend mainly to topics related to
the next fiscal year.
FORCUS-47 [ as + 副詞 + as ]が接続詞的に働く
[問題文]
Anything purchased online can be returned at a retail
store as long as the merchandiese is acoompanied by
proof of purchase.
as long as ～「～する限り、～しさえすれば」
as soon as～「～するとすぐに」
as far as～「～する限り」
as long as, as far as は日本語だと「～限り」で同じだが、
英語の意味は違う。
