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There are 2 women and 1 guy employed as receptionists at the hotel.

In the example above, does "employed as" apply to both women and guy, or just a guy?

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Sentences like this can be ambiguous. For example an ambiguous sentence could be.

There are two men and two women employed as receptionists.

It could be that all four are receptions or possibly only the two women. Without further context I would assume that the man is also a receptionist but the sentence is ambiguous.

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There are two women and one man employed as receptionists.

is not ambiguous, because the word "receptionists" is plural, so must refer to the group of three people, and not just the one man. So the women are certainly also receptionists.

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