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I think it actually said:
"Pour une table in bien ordre"
though I may have misremembered.

Chris, we could argue "till the cows come home"- we've done it before !
Pigale, maybe we could 'gang up'?
Going to wash my hair.... back later.....!

Hi again, elle
If you mean my post @539, I think I was agreeing with you!

Well, they made a lot of work for themselves, because 'neat' is very similar to 'nette', except that it comes after the noun in French (Pour une table nette)

Anyhow it is good of them to make the effort of writing this note in several languages -

Hi, Chris!
Yes, I did mean post 539 - obviously, I interpreted your answer wrongly!
Glad to hear you agree with me!

Elle, I must admit that a split infinitive will always hurt my ears!

Plus the fact that I was taught to avoid what was then considered a crucial mistake, one that would certainly result in a bad mark - but of course it was a number of years ago ...!

I'm with you on that , Pigale! and I'll bet that not many people nowadays could even tell you what the subjunctive is , or a gerund!
but I'm dripping water all over everywhere - must go and deal with my wet hair!
We'll put the world to rights another time......

Well, with reference to the foregoing discussion, I would like to point out, that being a mere thicko, I have not a clue as to what you are all speaking about!

It's Royal Ascot next week. I'm going to gerund Paddy Power's for a few investments.....be lucky.

While you are dealing with your hair, I'll tell you a little story; Many years ago, when I lived in Guernsey, I used to help various people who wanted to brush up their French, amongst whom were advocate/sollicitors, ie well educated people
(I might add that Guernsey law is based on ancient Normandy law and a lot of old deeds etc were written in old French)

Anyway, when I started to explain that in many cases an adjective was placed after the noun it qualifies, and that an adverb was usually placed after the verb it accompanies and/or modifies, I realized that these well educated and well spoken people did not have the faintest idea of what I was talking about ! As for the tenses of verbs, that was even worse.

So in order to explain the difference between the two languages, I had to start by explaining the ABC of grammar - in any language.

What do you make of that?

I'll let you dry your hair in peace now!