I had to run and do some errands before my kids got home because I was going to make a surprise dinner.
I had to run an errand.
Errand: The boy had an errand to run.She quietly cursed under her breath when she noticed she hadn't moved an inch in the New York traffic, knowing she wouldn't be able to run that errand before work anymore.
The Fool's Errand was created in 1987.
The Fool's Errand happened in 1987.
There is a Jazz lyric about an "errand girl for rythm." "Errand boy" would seem the parallel case. "Errand person," though, seems far too PC and stilted.
Tagalog translation of ERRAND: pasabi or utos
Yes, errand is singular; the plural is 'errands'.
The duration of The Errand Boy is 1.53 hours.
The duration of The Errand of Angels is 1.52 hours.
Errand of Mercy was created on 1967-03-23.
The Errand Boy was created on 1961-11-28.
The Errand of Angels was created on 2008-09-05.