Why do English speakers treat "public" as a singular noun and "people" as a plural noun?

English is english , spanish is spanish , german is german and we should just to fallow ..

And nobody could give an answer about '' why'' in this question ,I think.

There can be one public, but also many publics.

'People' can be treated as a plural noun and also a singular noun. As a plural noun, it's the plural of "person", but it can also be the singular of "peoples". English is weird.

No because a plural noun means something that is more than one and "people" are a group of individuals, making it a plural noun. A "person" is one individual making it a singular noun.

The mindset is that there is one person but when there are two you say people. As in "people" is the plural form of "person". Whereas "the public" is making the whole population a singular thing. You aren't talking about the individuals that comprise it, just the society that they form.

When people means the same thing as public, it's singular.

People, however, is usually plural for person.

the public is= el público es (singular)

the people are= la gente (plural)

the peoples are= la gente (plural)

Is a different language, each has its own rules.

Many are glad we do not use genders, and matching articles and adjectives for nouns as in Spanish:

"EL autO es muy carO.

"People" is plural. If you walked up to someone, you wouldn't say, "Hi People!". You'd say, "Hi Person". Public is like the public. It's not a group because it's aiming towards one of the people FROM the group. It sounds to me like you're spanish because you're comparing "English Speakers" to spanish. Tell me why spanish is backwards?

People is plural because its more than one person. Public is singular because its one thing

Public is not referred as singular

It's just the way English is.

yes, the public is made of many people, a constellation is made of many stars right? same thing