title: Using left double quotation marks in strings in VB
body: <p>In following code, the usage of the string <code>"“"</code> (i.e. a left double quotation mark inside a string) results in a compile error in VB.NET:</p>
  
  <pre><code>StringVar = Replace(StringVar, "“", "&amp;#8220;")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What’s going on here?</p>