]> 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 Cheers, Dario