Hi Honey -
I guess it doesn't surprise me, since so often what you want/need to do (the errand) comes at the end of a journey.
For example, if I want to buy some new film for my camera, chances are I'll walk downtown (not run, as in "running an errand"!), and go to my fave store, S&R (unique to Kingston - family discount dept. store, hurrah! know in my family as "Snur" because of the initials). The errand is to get film, so it is the object of my journey, by Shank's mare, downtown.
errand = object
Makes sense to me....However, if you were going on a trip to visit friends and relatives, that wouldn't be an errand, so I guess the usage as "object of journey" is fairly specific.
My errand was to buy film...?
Nah, it still makes sense to me. Were you thinking the errand comprised both journey AND object of journey? or what was it about the definition that surprised you?
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