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Oh, I agree that "a friend of Molly's" is regarded as correct. But "a friend of Molly" is no more ambiguous and can only mean that and nothing else. Nothing's left dangling. It's just another little example of the way English can be completely internally inconsistent and yet remain useful as a means of communication.
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