On 30-01-2009, Dario Teixeira <darioteixeira@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> No, I mean "Monday". I need to call the restaurant before midday on
>> Tuesday, so I need to have the list on Monday (or Tuesday before midday,
>> but Monday is better). The dinner, I am speaking of, is on Tuesday.
>
> Yeah, English grammar is ambiguous that way...  I would phrase the
> statement as "We need to know on Monday how many people are coming
> to the dinner (on Tuesday) to book the restaurant".
>
> An alternative is start learning Lojban:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban
>

Re-reading my own annoucement (and followup), I realize that this is not
clear.

But you catch the meaning of it. So lets make it official:

We need to know on Monday how many people are coming to the dinner (on
Tuesday) to book the restaurant.

Regards
Sylvain Le Gall