スレッドを立てるまでもない質問スレッド Part 368

317 ：The OED Loves Me Not ：2023/10/18(水) 23:46:10.88 ID:qauKRSA50.net

>>315
... the one who made the worst face to win the race.

それは、すでに誰でも知っている文法事項を二つほど組み合わせたらおしまいの
構文ではないですか？

At an evening party the guestd were asked to
take part in a game in which everybody was to
make a face, the one who made the worst face to
win the race.

この原文を
At an evening party the guestd were asked to
take part in a game in which everybody was to
make a face. ★And★ the one who made the worst face ●was● to
win the race.

上のように二つに分けたとして、その二つ目の文を分詞構文にして

At an evening party the guestd were asked to
take part in a game in which everybody was to
make a face, the one who made the worst face ★being★ to
win the race.

と書いて、そのあとに being を省略すればいいのです。