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I'm going over some lecture notes (http://www.math.umd.edu/~wmg/pgom.pdf, PG.7 definition 1.1 and exercise 1.2) that states that a map is affine if and only if parallel sets are parallel under the map.

The given definition of parallel sets are that $A,B$ are parallel if there exists a translation $g$ such that $g(A) = B$.

The problem I have with this is that affine maps must also preserve lines. Does is necessarily follow from $A||B \implies f(A)||f(B)$ that $f$ preserves lines? I am having trouble finding a counter example for maps between spaces of dimension greater than 1, but intuitively it seems unlikely that this property is strong enough to guarantee preservation of lines.

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Hint: For any line $l$, let $a,b,c$ be any three evenly spaced points on $l$. Then $A=\{a,b\}$ and $B=\{b,c\}$ are parallel.