@ Mikhail 21:39 Feb 21, 2017
As always in EN — and I'm sure any other language — there can be no hard-and-fast 'rule' as such; but I would say that with an element of 'feeling' which informs us as to what 'sounds right'.
'go along' — as with so many phrasal verbs — can have different meanings according to context; here a few examples of different uses:
"Jenny's friend was going swimming, so I asked her if my daughter could go along with her" (= accompany)
"I remained unconvinced, but agreed to go along with her plan" (= abide by)
I can't actually think of an example with an object, though of course one can imagine it in "...go, along with...", which is a different collocation altogether.
Otherwise, we have plenty of examples of the expression 'to go with' (which can indeed be used with objects) but without 'along': "Red wine goes with beef" "Pink goes with grey" etc. etc.
Like I said, I half suspect the writer had in mind 'to go hand-in-hand with', which does indeed have the sense of 'accompany', and can be used with objects.
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peer agreement (net): +6