> (not that I can see an obvious advantage to it). Precision. I use e/E more often than w/W when editing a line or creating macros, but w/W for moving around.

> (not that I can see an obvious advantage to it). Precision. I use e/E more often than w/W when editing a line or creating macros, but w/W for moving around. But more often i search with f and jump to next match with ; if I didn't hit the target right away. / then n if I'm moving to another line.