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Translingual
Punctuation mark
’ ’
- Encloses a quotation in some languages.
See also
quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters
- Curved double quotation marks: “ · ” · „ · ‟
- Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes: ‘ · ’ · ‚ · ‛
- Straight double quotation mark: "
- Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe: '
- Prime quotation marks: 〝 · 〞 · 〟
- Guillemets: « · »
- Single guillemets: ‹ · ›
- Corner brackets: 「 · 」 · 『 · 』
- Quotation dashes: — (em dash) · ― (horizontal bar) · – (en dash)
Swedish
Punctuation mark
’ ’
- encloses an embedded (inner) quotation
Usage notes
’ ’ enclose an embedded (inner) quotation, within ” ” for the outer quotation.