The noun 'public' is an uncountablenoun which can take a singular or plural verb form. Examples:
The public is invited to the ceremony in the park at three.
My public are, for the most part, people over fifty.
Transport is both countable and uncountable as a noun.
The noun 'steel' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for a substance.
Countable
The noun 'animal' is a countable noun. The plural form is animals.
Prawn - prawns is the plural - is a countable noun
Transport is both countable and uncountable as a noun.
The noun 'steel' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for a substance.
Shark is a countable noun.
Countable
countable
The noun 'daytime' is an uncountable noun.
The noun 'animal' is a countable noun. The plural form is animals.
Prawn - prawns is the plural - is a countable noun
Countable
Pasta is a countable noun
The word 'violence' is an uncountable noun.
The gerund painting is a countable noun, as in "There are 12 paintings in this room."