"Alex is more soft-spoken than she." "Alex is more soft-spoken than her friend." Now, append the word "is" to the above two sentences: "Alex is more soft-spoken than she is." "Alex is more soft-spoken than her friend is." They still make sense, although neither is considered good writing (they aren't wrong, per se, but they ain't great shakes ... More @Wikipedia
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