Example 1
( A group of fifteen-year-old students involved in an exercise based on the simple present of English verbs.)
S1 and uh, in the afternoon, uh, I come home and uh uh, I uh, washing my dog.
T I wash.
S1 My dog.
T every day you wash your dog?
S1 No. [ ben ]
S2 Il n'a pas de chien! ( =He doesn't have a dog)
S1 non, mais on peut le dire! (No, but we can say we do!)