Sanral employee held for 'terrorism'

[froot]

From News24:

Johannesburg - An SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) employee has been arrested for acts of terrorism relating to the white powder scare at its offices, the Hawks said on Thursday.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Sanral-employee-held-for-terrorism-20140130

I find it rather funny that it was done internally.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

An? Really, News24?

But yeah, lol.

 

[Sinbad]

hahaha shall we start a fund for his defense?

 

[froot]

An? Really, News24?

But yeah, lol.

Yes, grammatically it should be An, as far as I know.
Since you pronounce SA as Essay, it's An essay.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Yes, grammatically it should be An, as far as I know.
Since you pronounce SA as Essay, it's An essay.

S isn't a vowel. You use 'an' if the next word starts with a vowel.

 

[froot]

S isn't a vowel. You use 'an' if the next word starts with a vowel.

Learnt that in Grade 1, but "An" has been used in several English texts.

 

[OokMobile]

Thought as much.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Learnt that in Grade 1, but "An" has been used in several English texts.

There are exceptions, w-sounding o-words, y-sounding u-words etc. But not in this case, AFAIK.

Let's just chalk it up to News24's editor being [-]dead these 10 years past[/-] asleep.

 

[OokMobile]

What prevents any other anti-toll group from bribing or blackmailing some other employee from delivering a nasty payload directly inside the building?

 

[froot]

What prevents any other anti-toll group from bribing or blackmailing some other employee from delivering a nasty payload directly inside the building?

You offering?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

How is this terrorism, btw? The substances were harmless. Bomb threats and threats like these are a crime, AFAIK, but how can it be terrorism when no terrorism was committed?

 

[bekdik]

Hmm. I would say an sa and a sanral. Got something to do with a glottal stop?

 

[R13...]

S isn't a vowel. You use 'an' if the next word starts with a vowel.

Like an honest man?

 

[Beachless]

Now we just need the employee to reveal that it was sanctioned from higher up in sanral.

 

[Sinbad]

Like an honest man?

And even an hotel or an holiday, to be correct.

 

[LazyLion]

How is this terrorism, btw? The substances were harmless. Bomb threats and threats like these are a crime, AFAIK, but how can it be terrorism when no terrorism was committed?

It's the effect that was caused... the stopping of the work and the evacuation of the buildings. Also expenses related to that, and the instilling of fear in the employees. Those all attract pretty serious charges.

 

[Azbubu]

There are exceptions, w-sounding o-words, y-sounding u-words etc. But not in this case, AFAIK.

Let's just chalk it up to News24's editor being [-]dead these 10 years past[/-] asleep.

In this case too. You use it in front of vowel sounding words and abbreviations.

 

[Sinbad]

It's the effect that was caused... the stopping of the work and the evacuation of the buildings. Also expenses related to that, and the instilling of fear in the employees. Those all attract pretty serious charges.

Sweet. Then eTolls are terrorism too. Instilling fear, causing expenses, evacuation of the freeways, evacuation of Nazi Ally's bowels via his mouth...

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Like an honest man?

Another exception.

Soft-sounding 'h' gets 'An', as in honest. Hard-sounding 'h' gets 'A', like house.

In this case too. You use it in front of vowel sounding words and abbreviations.

Ah, okay.

 

[Superjakes]

Another exception.

Soft-sounding 'h' gets 'An', as in honest. Hard-sounding 'h' gets 'A', like house.


Ah, okay.

A SANRAL related thread and he gets mentioned again...