Expressions: "She always gets the rules around."

[Tom]

Hi

I have taken the following sentences from an English website. Would a native speaker find the following sentences incorrect or unnatural?

[Tom]

Sorry, here is the website.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/630/01/

PS: Is the discussion regarding Separable Phrasal Verbs, Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
Intransitive Phrasal Verbs reliable?

Thanks again,

Tom

[Alan]

Hi Tom,

I would say it makes sense most of the time but I would say: She gets round the rules. Likewise you would say: I caught on to what you said.

What they don't discuss is the difference between a phrasal verb and a prepositional verb. The phrasal verb is essentially idiomatic and I have given lots of examples on this site under 'English Lessons' where you can say that a verb takes on an idiomatic meaning when associated with a preposition or particle. The prepositional verb is when a verb is followed by a preposition and the noun/object following is really the object of that preposition or those prepositions. Take this: I cannot account for the mistake/You have to face up to the truth.

Alan
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