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If 'public' is a collective noun then why is notisn't 'people'?

 

  I find that the word public is regarded as a collective noun and the subsequent verb is said to be used in singular form.
Then why is not people a collective noun though the meaning of the two words is quite same?  

  

If 'public' is a collective noun then why is not 'people'?

 

  I find that the word public is regarded as a collective noun and the subsequent verb is said to be used in singular form.
Then why is not people a collective noun though the meaning of the two words is quite same?  

 

If 'public' is a collective noun then why isn't 'people'?

I find that the word public is regarded as a collective noun and the subsequent verb is said to be used in singular form.
Then why is not people a collective noun though the meaning of the two words is quite same?

 
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I find that the word public is regarded as a collective noun and the subsequent verb is said to be used in singular form.
Then why is not people a collective noun?where though the meaning of the two wordwords is quite same.?

I find that the word public is regarded as a collective noun and the subsequent verb is said to be used in singular form.
Then why is not people a collective noun?where the meaning of the two word is quite same.

I find that the word public is regarded as a collective noun and the subsequent verb is said to be used in singular form.
Then why is not people a collective noun though the meaning of the two words is quite same?

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rafi ur rashid
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If 'public' is a collective noun then why is not 'people'?

I find that the word public is regarded as a collective noun and the subsequent verb is said to be used in singular form.
Then why is not people a collective noun?where the meaning of the two word is quite same.