No more Hiroshima – I have listened that is not wrong, but this is different to what I'm aiming for. Instead of it, I can say 'no more Hiroshimas'.
I have a question about it. Why is Hiroshima attached 's'? It's a proper noun.
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No more Hiroshima – I have listened that is not wrong, but this is different to what I'm aiming for. Instead of it, I can say 'no more Hiroshimas'.
I have a question about it. Why is Hiroshima attached 's'? It's a proper noun.
Best Answer
Sure they can. In English it's pretty common to use an iconic (or notorious) proper noun to refer to similar events/places/people.
So, one might easily say:
This means
Similarly, with your Hiroshima example, No more Hiroshimas means No more [events like Hiroshima].
It's not always for bad things, though...