"than" as a conjunction

Hi,
Please take a look at these sentences and my related comments, and tell me what you think.

1. She has more money than her husband/her husband does/her husband has. -- I think all three can be used but wonder why this one can have 'her husband does' as a viable option, whereas the other two don't seem to have that option.

2, She runs faster than her husband/her husband does. -- I think both of them can be used, whereas the use of phrase "her husband has" can not.

3. She plays tennis better than he husband/her husband does. -- Similar in my assessment to no. 2.
   

Hi, Thank you.

I have some questions on this though:

1. She has more money than her husband/her husband does/her husband has. --
I think all three can be used Yes
but wonder why this one can have 'her husband does' as a viable option, whereas the other two don't seem to have that option. They do, ie you can say 'than her husband does' in #2 and #3. I think you meant to refer here to 'her husband does  has'. 'Has' is OK here, because it is the main verb, as in 'She has more money'.

I think we can have the pattern "She has more money than her husband does" because what is implied possibly is "She does have more money than her husband does," and I think it is OK to assume a possbility of the auxiliary verb "does"? being there.

Likewise, could we think in a similar or the same line for these? As long as we can fit the auxiliary verb (is this auxiliary anyway?), then, the structure "... more than he/she does" is possible?

I think these are stative verbs:

consider  She (does consider) considers it more suitable than her husband/her husband does  
like:      She (does like) likes this food more than her husband/her husband does.
feel:   She (does feel) feels her cousin is nicer than than her husband/hur husband does.

So, my overall argument is that if you can fit the auxiliary verb "does" in the main (first) verb part, then you can use "does" in an appropriate place after the conjunction "than"; and only exception is when you have a "be" verb in the main part of the sentence like this:

Not good:  She is feeling better than her husband does.