do parentheses go inside or outside quotations marks?

Bethany Blocker: Caution when using an excerpt from a full quote! If one is going to use only a portion of the entire quote, ellipses must be used to indicate this! (e.g. "The very object of war is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory." General Douglas MacArthur "The ... object ... is victory. ...there is no substitute for victory." Gen. D. MacArthurIn direct answer to your question, the quotation marks go immediately after the quote to indicate to the reader the individual is no longer speaking. Therefore, the quotation marks go before parentheses mark. (e.g. "She wanted to go to the park." If this is not the entire quote, use ellipses as shown above....Show more

Whitney Saborido: the parentheses would go outside the quotation marks when siting a source