The phrase "a parallel is drawn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing similarities or comparisons between two or more subjects or ideas.
Example: "In the analysis, a parallel is drawn between the economic policies of the two countries."
Alternatives: "a comparison is made" or "similarities are highlighted".
And, just as Miller's play connected events in 17th century Salem with the McCarthyite anti-communist witch hunts of 50s America, here a parallel is drawn with the treatment of immigrants today.
A parallel is drawn between bio-refinery and petro-refinery, to highlight the specific separation challenges encountered in biorefineries and point out the impact of separations on the total costs.
A parallel is drawn with the advertised turkey bacon which is also less celebrated than the better known alternative, and Michael Bacon proves as adept in front of the camera as his younger sibling as he gamely shows off his skills.
A parallel is drawn between isolated molecules of DPK in solution and DPK units that are distant from each other in a polymer chain, and between aggregated molecules of DPK in solution and DPK units that are close together in entangled chains.
A parallel was drawn between the training of the animat and the stages of learning experienced by the young of many animals.
When pressed to apologise for a fifth time, and a parallel was drawn with posters in windows that said "no blacks, no Irish here", Mr Farage said: "If I gave the impression in that interview that I was discriminating against Romanians then I apologise certainly for that".
A visual parallel is drawn between the frustrated racists of the National Front and the Little Englander heroics of the Falklands soldiers.
In a review from the 1950s of the German-Jewish film "Long is the Way" (1948), which shows Jewish resistance and the extermination camps, a direct parallel is drawn between the suffering of Germans in air-raids and Jews in the camps.
Doctor Who's latest adventure sparked off a number of complaints after parallels were drawn between an on-screen explosion and the recent Egyptian plane crash.
Parallels were drawn between an immunocompromised patient getting an infection through poor hand hygiene practice and a patient being given the wrong medication and experiencing an adverse event.
The series also overindulges in an editing technique in which parallels are drawn by juxtaposition.
