Is the sentence paralleled? "the teachers are very strict and expect us to study hard."
On one side we have sub+ verb+ adjective, shouldn't we have sub+verb+adj after "and" too? Or I got the whole thing wrong:/!

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Is the sentence paralleled? "the teachers are very strict and expect us to study hard."
On one side we have  sub+ verb+ adjective, shouldn't we have sub+verb+adj  after "and" too? Or I got the whole thing wrong:/!

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No.  That is not parallel structure.

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https://examples.yourdictionary.com/parallel-structure-examples.html

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It's formal and correct

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There is a subject  ('they') implied in "and expect us to study hard".
ie. "..and THEY expect us to study hard."