Inverted Comma Symbol ‘

‘ is U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK. In some varieties of English it is called an inverted comma and is used to open a single quotation. Common applications include Single quotations, Nested quotations, Editorial examples, and language-specific punctuation. This page covers the opening single quotation mark ‘. Naming conventions vary, and it must be distinguished from the closing mark ’, apostrophe, grave accent, and straight ASCII quote. In practical use, inverted comma symbol should be introduced with enough context to tell readers whether it represents single quotations, nested quotations, editorial examples, or language-specific punctuation. Copy-and-paste cases for Inverted Comma Symbol: ‘Quoted text’; He called it ‘useful’.; A ‘special’ case; Opening mark: ‘; Accessible reading: left single quotation mark. Publishing rules specific to Inverted Comma Symbol: In single quotations, identify ‘ as Inverted Comma Symbol and explain the exact role it performs before the reader relies on it. For nested quotations, retain the sequence U+2018; do not silently replace ‘ with the related form ’. When inverted comma symbol appears in editorial examples, apply this convention: Use the character according to the language or editorial style in force. While preparing language-specific punctuation, compare ‘ with ' and `, then keep the version whose meaning matches the source. Quality review for Inverted Comma Symbol should catch: Using ’ where ‘ is required changes the intended inverted comma symbol or introduces a different notation. Dropping part of U+2018 while copying inverted comma symbol into single quotations. Applying the wrong convention to inverted comma symbol in nested quotations; specifically, replacing the character with a visual lookalike.. Leaving ‘ unexplained in editorial examples when the audience may read it as '. The boundary around Inverted Comma Symbol includes: ’ means Right single quotation mark—Closing quote or apostrophe form; ' means Apostrophe or straight quote—ASCII single quote; ` means Grave accent—ASCII grave accent or backtick. For Inverted Comma Symbol, literal UTF-8 ‘, decimal ‘, hexadecimal ‘, and CSS 2018 all need to preserve U+2018; verify the result at /symbols/inverted-comma/ in the target font.