I waited there for thirty minutes; that seemed ___ hours to me.

题目

I waited there for thirty minutes; that seemed ___ hours to me.
a.many b.as many c.so many 选哪个,怎么分析的?

答案

我认为答案为A.
seem有两种用法,一种是to do结构,一种是直接跟名词.这里many hours对应前句thirty minutes,意为“三十分钟对我来说简直是几个小时”.so many 含有强调意味,如果前句出现了hour,那么后面可以用so来强调；而前句没有hour,则此时若用so实为多余.