Determine whether the phrases in the following sentence are parallel. “Most students use the Internet to research facts and statistics, find images to use in papers, and chatting with friends.” The phrases in the sentence are .

The list is not parallel because its items use different grammatical forms. “Research” and “find” are base-form verbs, while “chatting” is a gerund; it should be “chat” to match the other verbs. Therefore, the phrases are not parallel.

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