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  1. Lisa is entitled not to be deceived on X as much as is entitled not to be deceive on Y.

  2. Lisa is entitled not to be deceived on X as much as she is entitled not to be deceive on Y.

In the first sentence above, she is dropped. Is such an ellipse idiomatic?

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No, such an ellipsis is not idiomatic. The word "she" must be included.

Lisa is entitled not to be deceived on X as much as she is entitled not to be deceived on Y.

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  • So, as another example, is "The answer for the current question is not as plain as was for the previous question" not grammatical?
    – Sasan
    Commented Dec 15, 2017 at 9:36
  • I'd say it is ungrammatical, although I don't have time just now to work out or look up what the rule is. To take an even simpler example, "He ran as fast today as ran yesterday" is ungrammatical. You can either say "...as yesterday" or "...as he ran yesterday". Usually, "as was" is interpreted as "as was [subject]" (i.e. "as [subject] was" inverted), e.g. "Jim was angry, as was Sally".
    – rjpond
    Commented Dec 15, 2017 at 9:44
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It is terrible, but the quickest solution is to shorten it a bit:

Lisa is as entitled not to be deceived on Y as she is on X.

It's also a little better to use a positive (She is entitled to [be told] the truth ...) but that's a style issue rather than a correctness one.

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  • Yes, but would that be a good way to go when Y and X are quite longer?
    – Sasan
    Commented Dec 17, 2017 at 20:53
  • Fair point. I'd suggest though that if they are that long as to be a problem, describing them in turn, then adding "... *she is just as entitled to know the truth about the Y as she it about the X."
    – Will Crawford
    Commented Dec 18, 2017 at 0:25

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