I do not know what this situation is called in the grammar world. So I could not search for it. Nor can I really explain it all that well.
When you have a sentence where you are describing a look or a stance or a motion as saying something is there something special you have to do with the sentence regarding punctuation?
For example (This sentence is not from my MS but is similar to it):
1) The dog looked at me as if he was saying get off my couch.
Another example (again not the same but similar):
2)The man turned away, a stance I took to mean don't talk to me.
So, do you know what this is called? And should there be the regular dialogue punctuation? Or is it left as it is because it is not dialogue? Or is there something else that needs to happen?
Thank you so much!
When you have a sentence where you are describing a look or a stance or a motion as saying something is there something special you have to do with the sentence regarding punctuation?
For example (This sentence is not from my MS but is similar to it):
1) The dog looked at me as if he was saying get off my couch.
Another example (again not the same but similar):
2)The man turned away, a stance I took to mean don't talk to me.
So, do you know what this is called? And should there be the regular dialogue punctuation? Or is it left as it is because it is not dialogue? Or is there something else that needs to happen?
Thank you so much!