Smart quotes sometimes wrong way round after a question mark or comma

I'm finding that Pages frequently puts the direction of the final smart quote in a piece of dialogue the wrong way round. I use a single speech mark (apostrophe) at start and finish of speech. This seems to happen most after a question mark or comma. Anyone know why, or how to fix it? Doesn't happen in Word! Thanks.

Which language is your computer set to?
Have you set the system preferences for smart quotes?
System preferences > Language and text > Text
Here is what it looks like on my computer with Snow Leopard

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