Can the direct object (with を) appear before the instrumental (with で)?


I apologize if this question is too basic, but I was doing some beginner
exercises on an app (no, not _that_ app), and it marked this as incorrect:

> あのアメリカ人はラーメンをフオークで食べていますね。

The correct order, it insisted, should be:

> あのアメリカ人はフオークでラーメンを食べていますね。

However, on the linked video found on [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/50389/where-do-
adjectives-fit-in-the-sentence-structure), both should _technically_ be
correct, right? Is the app wrong to mark it incorrect, or am I
misunderstanding the flexibility of Japanese sentence structure?

If it's not technically incorrect, what would the first order imply or
indicate that the second, which I gather is the standard order, wouldn't?




Both sentences are perfectly correct and natural as far as the word order
goes. In this case, neither is more natural than the other.

But let me point out these:

  * It's フォーク (fork), not フオーク (fu'ohk).
  * ね is for light confirmation. If this sentence is more like "Hey, look at that American!", you should say this instead: 

> あのアメリカ人はフォークでラーメンを食べています **よ** 。




Both sentences are perfectly correct and natural as far as the word order
goes. In this case, neither is more natural than the other.

But let me point out these:

  * It's フォーク (fork), not フオーク (fu'ohk).
  * ね is for light confirmation. If this sentence is more like "Hey, look at that American!", you should say this instead: 

> あのアメリカ人はフォークでラーメンを食べています **よ** 。

