"be" within "more than" "He is not taller than me." and "She is not more clever than he is. " Comparing the two sentences, the difference is that there is an "is" at the tail of the second. I can't

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"be" within "more than" "He is not taller than me." and "She is not more clever than he is. " Comparing the two sentences, the difference is that there is an "is" at the tail of the second. I can't find the key when I should add the "is". Does anybody teach me?

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You add the verb ''to be'' when there is a subject pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) ''He is stronger than I am.'' ''They are louder than we are.'' Another way to get around this problem is to change the subject pronoun to an object pronoun (me, you, him, her, us, them) "She is not more clever than HE IS. " -> "She is not more clever than HIM. " ''He is stronger than ME.'' ''They are louder than US.''

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