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Question Which verb is to be used?

Q: Which one of the following sentences is correct?

1- What happens when germs get into fruits, milk and our body?
2- What happens when germs inter into fruits, milk and our body?

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What happens when germs get into fruit, milk and our body?

'inter' : place a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites

Are you thinking of 'enter' : go into, penetrate, be introduced into
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What happens when germs get into fruit, milk and our body?

'inter' : place a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites

Are you thinking of 'enter' : go into, penetrate, be introduced into
Yes, I'm thinking of those that you suggested. Now, Which one should I use, get into I suppose or maybe any of those which are in your version?
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It CANNOT be 'inter' !
And I only mentioned possible confusion with 'enter', to try to explain why you would think a word referring to burying a corpse would be appropriate.
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Yes, I'm thinking of those that you suggested. Now, Which one should I use, get into I suppose or maybe any of those which are in your version?
"Infest" is a good word.
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Raymott:"Infest" is a good word.

So are 'cantabile'...and 'insouciance'

All three are inappropriate here. The sentence refers to 'germs' in 'fruit, milk and our body'.

'infest' refers to insects (e.g cockroaches, maggots) or animals (e.g. rats) being present in large numbers, not germs.
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'Get into' or 'enter' can be used.

'Enter' means 'go into, so you don't say 'enter into'.

'Infiltrate' is another word.

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'Infiltrate' is another word.

Could you define this word?
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Q: Which one of the following sentences is correct?

1- What happens when germs get into fruits, milk and our body?
2- What happens when germs inter into fruits, milk and our body?

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colonise
take up residence in a host organism
contaminate
infect
adopt an alien presence in
breach the host's self/environment barrier.
invade the external defences of
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Q: Which one of the following sentences is correct?

1- What happens when germs get into fruits, milk and our bodies?
2- What happens when germs enter fruits, milk and our bodies?

Thanks a million!
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It is not necessary to have "into" with "enter".

Which to use rather depends whether you want to imply that it is undesirable, in which case I would go with #1.
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