Remember that the way you mark quotations in American English (“ ”) may not be the same as in other languages. In French, for example, quotations are marked with guillemets (« »), while in German, quotations take split-level marks (“ “). Writers of British English use single quotation marks first and, when necessary, double quotation marks for quotations within quotations. If you are writing for an American audience, be careful to follow the U.S. conventions governing quotation marks.