“Virtual work and fun environments”

Question

I am trying to write a sentence in English, even though it is not my native language. So I would like to know if it is possible to write

Those are virtual work and fun environments.

in order to comunicate both the following ideas at the same time:

The first is a virtual work environment, the other is a virtual fun environment.

Do the proposed sentences have meaning in English? Is the first sentence correct?

Answer 1

Both sentences are correct grammatically and have meanings, but the meanings are different: the first would usually mean that all referenced environments are for both work and fun. It doesn't specify that only one virtual environment is for work, and only the other is for fun. So the first is not sufficient to communicate what you have in the second.

The second is therefore better for what you're trying to say. You could put in one instead of the first, though, if they are not meant to be in any order:

One is a virtual work environment; the other is a virtual fun environment.

Answer 2

You can use the word respectively. Your example in particular would become for example:

... a virtual work and a fun environment respectively.

Answer 3

I would propose not combining the two in quite that way... I'm assuming by virtual you mean offsite (or disconnected)...

I would propose something like:

Those virtual environments are fun.

or (to flower it up a little more)

Those virtual environments have a reputation for being fun.

Answer 4

This is about as short as I can make it:

Those are virtual environments: one for work, one for fun.