As a child in Catholic school I was taught that objective and goal were not interchangeable words and that goals helped you reached your ultimate objective. This seemed to be validated in the business when I was encouraged to use the Management by Objective (MBO) method of strategic planning. Now, I seem to see the worlds used interchangeable. I would like you to weigh in on this.
My second question is prompted by my having lived down south for a year. In reference to an upcoming appointment, I would say “I have a doctor's appoint on Tuesday.†or “I have a doctor's appoint tomorrow.†I would not say “I have a doctor's appoint on tomorrow.†Neither would I say “On yesterday, I had a meeting.†Down south they say on tomorrow or on yesterday. Is this grammatically correct or just a colloquial way of speaking?
Thank you in advance
"On the morrow" has a long history. In the OED, I could read it back to 1535 (the old English stuff is beyond me). Maybe "on tomorrow" is tomorrow put together with the "on the morrow" construction.
Emmett
In my experience, saying "on yesterday" is strictly an African-American phrase. I am white, but much of my career has been spenting working with and around African-Americans. I have never heard any other culture use the phrase, but I have heard it consistently and continuously from African-Americans.
I would not use "on yesterday" or "on tommorrow" (with the caveat that in speaking, I might change in the middle of the sentence and be about to say "on Thursday" and realize after the "on" that Thursday was tomorrow).