Matthew Wai
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The two posts below are copied from this thread.
There are examples: "the reading public", "the racing public" and "the book-buying public".
They all refer to a section of the public, but "the" is used. Is "the" also correct?
1-He is dealing with an easily fooled public.
public - definition of public by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.It refers to a section of the public which is easily fooled — not all the public.
There are examples: "the reading public", "the racing public" and "the book-buying public".
They all refer to a section of the public, but "the" is used. Is "the" also correct?