The numerals with endings are merely abbreviations for the words written out as text. When in doubt, write the word out. Thirty-first becomes 31st, eleventh 11th, forty-second 42nd, fiftieth 50th, and so on.

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Commented Jan 31, 2017 at 8:13 @ringo If this answer on Quora is correct, 'Negative Nellie' is a more recent term, having been popularized by US President Johnson ca. 1966. Unrelated, but perhaps interesting, a few years later we have US Vice President Agnew's "nattering nabobs of negativism" (written by White House speechwriter William Safire).

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Commented Jan 31, 2011 at 16:04 @kiamlaluno, I am not sure whether I understood correctly your comment nut your editing is the most valuable for me feedback – Gennady Vanin Геннадий Ванин

Commented Jan 31, 2011 at 4:56 @Robusto, necoroposting because your reasoning is somewhat off. I believe that the usage with a possessive refers to the construction "on my behalf"; I don't have access to the dictionary you used, but see the second definition here .

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Jan 27, 2011 · Commented Jan 31, 2015 at 12:25 Also, the difference between "caused by" and "because of" is not any less ambiguous to me, so it just sweeps the issue under a different rag. – Sz.

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