\text{\textquotedblleft}

The command \text{\textquotedblleft} is used in LaTeX to produce the left double quotation mark, often used in typesetting to denote the beginning of a quoted section of text.

Examples

Basic usage of left and right double quotation marks to quote a phrase.

\text{\textquotedblleft}Hello, World!\text{\textquotedblright}

Quoting a famous line with proper punctuation.

\text{\textquotedblleft}To be or not to be,\text{\textquotedblright} he pondered.

Using double quotation marks in dialogue.

She said, \text{\textquotedblleft}This is a test.\text{\textquotedblright}