single/double quotation marks/inverted commas

[Ju]

' ' is called single quotation marks or single inverted commas.

" " is called double quotation marks or double inverted commas.

Am I right?

 

[Rover_KE]

' ' are called single quotation marks or single inverted commas.

" " are called double quotation marks or double inverted commas.

Am I right?

Yes.

(I have improved your thread title.)

 

[GoesStation]

We don't use the term inverted comma in American English. Many Americans would not understand it.

 

[emsr2d2]

I tend to use "quotation mark(s)" rather than "inverted comma(s)". I would find the latter odd in the singular but I can't quite say why!

 

[Rover_KE]

Some teachers call them speech marks when introducing them to children.