wizard6263

[whole osprey]

Please be patient

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[thick swan]

The French word public is singular, so you use "il a" instead of "ils ont vu". Keep English and French separate.

[mighty wadi]

But doesn’t it change? Like: the audience likes (singular) it a lot when they see (plural)…

[severe yarrow]

when it sees

[thick swan]

You are projecting English grammar on French.
French is more strict when it comes to gender and numbers. Public is singular and masculine? Use il, that's all.

[jaunty goblet]

^ Just as an example, the words « personne » and « victime » are both feminine so you have to use feminine agreement and pronouns when referring to it even though the actual human being might be a man.

[severe yarrow]

within the same sentence at least yeah

[prisma bluff]

fwiw, English isn't at all consistent about this rule either
sometimes group nouns get treated as singular, sometimes plural (and often there's a difference between AmEng and BrEng)

French is generally quite consistent, just refer back to whatever noun you just used