"The office of an objection is to stop an answer." Platner v. Platner, 78 NY 90, 102 (1879). However, while "a rose is a rose is a rose" (Gertrude Stein, "Sacred Emily," 1913), "an objection is not an objection is not an objection" when it arrives for appellate review. This article reviews the tight rules that govern the appealability of general and specific objections, sustained and overruled, which are anchored in the foundational principle of preservation.