Go along with/get along with/get on with/pull up with

[Barman]

In the following sentence, can I use all the phrasal verbs?

1) He gets along well with his colleagues.

2) He goes along well with his colleagues.

3) He gets on well with his colleagues.

4) He pulls up well with his colleagues.

 

[Phaedrus]

Only #3 is natural for me, though I imagine #1 is fine for some people.

For me the reverse is true:

Only #1 is natural for me, though I imagine #3 is fine for some people.

 

[Barman]

Where did you get the idea that the others might work?

I thought that the others might work, but I wasn't sure of that.

 

[Yankee]

#'s 1. and 3. work in AmE, but #1 would be more common.

 

[emsr2d2]

1 and 3 both work for me. I'd use 3 but I hear "get along with" almost as often as "get on with".

Where on earth have you seen "pull up well with"? (Please don't tell me it's in that grammar book from 1926!)

 

[Barman]

1 and 3 both work for me. I'd use 3 but I hear "get along with" almost as often as "get on with".

Where on earth have you seen "pull up well with"? (Please don't tell me it's in that grammar book from 1926!)

No, it wasn't in that grammar book. In that book, there was an example using that phrasal verb.

e.g. Initially he was trailing but soon he pulled up with others.

Pull up with- Improved relatively

 

[emsr2d2]

These exercises where you take a phrasal verb out of its original context and move it into a completely different context really aren't helping you. Please tell us the source of that "pull up with" example sentence.

 

[Barman]

Please tell us the source of that "pull up with" example sentence.

I found it in the book 'Objective General English' by Dr. R. S. AGGARWAL & VIKASH AGGARWAL.

 

[emsr2d2]

I am going to respectfully suggest that you treat yourself to some grammar books and text books by native British English or American English speakers.

 

[Barman]

I am going to respectfully suggest that you treat yourself to some grammar books and text books by native British English or American English speakers.

Respected emsr2d2,

Could you please suggest me some of these grammar/text books with their title and author? I feel this will go a long way to meet my need.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

In the following sentences, can I use all the phrasal verbs?

No.

1) He gets along well with his colleagues. Good.

2) He goes along [STRIKE]well[/STRIKE] with his colleagues. BAD!

This means he agrees with them OR he's willing to follow them.

The word well doesn't fit.

3) He gets on well with his colleagues. Good.

4) He pulls up [STRIKE]well[/STRIKE] with his colleagues. BAD!

When a car stops, it pulls up: She pulled up at the gas pump.

So number 4 means he arrives in his car at the same time his colleagues arrive in theirs OR he arrives in a car full of colleagues.

Again, well doesn't fit.

Ugh. Piscean is right. Get Swan!