What I want is something like this:

```
<table>
  <tr>
    <td>a1</td>
    <td>a2</td>
    <td>a3</td>
    <td>a4</td>
  </tr>
</table>

```

which creates a table like this: ![the table i get](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cb69h.png)

but what I want is something like this: ![the table I want](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HIJIY.png)

I know I can easily make it with adding a new row and using `rowspan` to fix it, but if there is another way to do it without adding another row, it will be so great