“

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 1.1.1 Usage notes 1.1.2 See also

[edit] Translingual

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“

1. An opening quotation mark

[edit] Usage notes

“ is used at the beginning of a quotation, with ” at the end of the quoatation. Compare with ", which can replace either “ or ”

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Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( ⟨ ⟩ ) colon ( : )

comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … )

exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop/period ( . ) hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )

interrobang ( ‽ ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )

semicolon ( ; ) slash/solidus ( / ) ( ⁄ ) space (   ) interpunct ( · )