I think vim makes more sense if you think of it like a Forth. In a general sense, the entire language is noun*verb (zero or more nouns followed by a verb). I k

I think vim makes more sense if you think of it like a Forth. In a general sense, the entire language is noun*verb (zero or more nouns followed by a verb). I know what you're going to say, "dw is a verb noun!" but really, it's not. w is verb--it's a function that, in this case, takes the d function and applies it to a word. The fact that it is a verb is proven by the fact that the expression executes when you type the verb. It's unfortunate that the vim verb "w" corresponds to the English noun "word", but that's probably the best that could be done given there are only so many keys on the keyboard.