Index: functions-formatting.php
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--- functions-formatting.php	(revision 2612)
+++ functions-formatting.php	(working copy)
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 			$curl = preg_replace('/(\d+)"/', '$1″', $curl);
 			$curl = preg_replace("/(\d+)'/", '$1′', $curl);
 			$curl = preg_replace("/(\S)'([^'\s])/", "$1’$2", $curl);
-			$curl = preg_replace('/(\s|\A)"(?!\s)/', '$1“$2', $curl);
+			$curl = preg_replace('/(\s\S|\s|\A)"(?!\s)/', '$1“$2', $curl);
 			$curl = preg_replace('/"(\s|\S|\Z)/', '”$1', $curl);
 			$curl = preg_replace("/'([\s.]|\Z)/", '’$1', $curl);
 			$curl = preg_replace("/ \(tm\)/i", ' ™', $curl);
 			$curl = str_replace("''", '”', $curl);