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In advanced English syntax and prepositional complementation, the selection of appropriate prepositions and phrasal verbs depends heavily on idiom specificity, valence, and semantic nuance. Consider the following four advanced propositions regarding prepositions and phrasal verbs: I. The phrasal verb 'to fall back on' functions as a transitive, inseparable unit meaning to resort to something (such as a plan, resource, or strategy) for support or aid when primary options fail, maintaining identical valence to 'to fall behind with'. II. When expressing a transition of state resulting from extreme pressure, the idiom 'to knuckle down' requires the preposition 'to' to introduce the task or objective, whereas 'to knuckle under' requires no preposition and denotes submission or yielding to authority. III. In complex prepositional complements involving abstract concepts of compliance, the adjective 'amenable' is standardly followed by the preposition 'to' (e.g., 'amenable to reason'), whereas the adjective 'compliant' is strictly followed by 'with' in formal legal contexts. IV. The prepositional idiom 'in lieu of' functions as a compound preposition meaning 'in place of' or 'instead of', and it can be seamlessly substituted by 'in spite of' without any alteration in the propositional meaning of the sentence. Identify the option that correctly evaluates the syntactic, grammatical, and semantic validity of propositions I, II, III, and IV according to standard English grammar and Preposition and postposition principles.
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Statement I is correct: 'to fall back on' is a three-word or phrasal-prepositional verb meaning to resort to something for help. Statement II is correct: 'knuckle down' means to apply oneself seriously (often taking 'to' or 'to work'), while 'knuckle under' means to yield or surrender without a following preposition. Statement III is correct: 'amenable' standardly takes 'to', and 'compliant' standardly takes 'with'. Statement IV is incorrect because 'in lieu of' means 'in place of', whereas 'in spite of' means 'despite', which changes the core meaning completely. For more details on grammatical particles, refer to Preposition and postposition.
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