commenting parse error

Hello.

I blog here – https://gwyddoniad.org/news …

When I click the “comments” link on my index page, another page starts to load, then I get the following error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/gwyddoni/public_html/news/wp-content/themes/v4ny17/comments.php on line 12

– here is that particular line of code (line 11 and 12)

<?php if ( $comments ) : ?>
<ol id=”commentlist”>

– BUT

I’m using the same exact commenting template on another wp blog I have, and it works just fine.

Any ideas? I’m new to WP and new to php coding.

Mari