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Nope, you go to the word, do 'cw' (change word). That deletes the word under your cursor and automatically puts you in insert mode. Then you write your new word. I love it.

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Or 'caw' if you want to change the whole word, even if cursor is in the middle somewhere. I read it as "change a word".

hmm.. I've always used 'ciw'. What's the difference with 'caw'?

ciw only deletes the letters, whereas caw also deletes one surrounding space. It’s more useful for other operations such as copying (yaw).

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