Inverted commas and quotation mark

Can “opening inverted commas” be called “opening quotation marks”?
2. And “closing inverted commas” be called “closing quotation marks”?
3. Is “inverted commas” a British English term?
4. And is “quotation mark” an American English term.

Thanks!

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The symbol is called ‘opening quotation mark’ when referring to one quote so you use the singular form to avoid confusion.

The symbol is called ‘closing quotation mark’ or ‘apostrophe’.

I don’t think it’s British, it’s just another term for quotation marks and it’s rarely used.

No, it’s a commonly used term by people who speak or use English.

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I am under the impression that when you put two single commas in the inverted form (’ … '), they are called ‘inverted commas’ and when you put the double inverted commas (" … "), they are called “quotation marks”. We use the latter when quote somebody’s speech verbatim.

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You are right, Lawrence. The ‘single comma in the inverted form’ is also known as the ‘apostrophe’.

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