Sentence and Paragraph

is / as / ip / ap — for prose.

Keys: is, as, ip, ap

is is the sentence containing the cursor. ip is the paragraph. The 'a' variants include trailing whitespace.

Most of Vim's text objects are for code. These two are for prose — sentences and paragraphs as units of text.

Change the sentence the cursor is in
KeyNote
c
i
s
Delete the sentence + trailing whitespace
KeyNote
d
a
s
Visual-select the paragraph
KeyNote
v
i
p
Reformat the paragraph (line-wrap)
KeyNote
g
q
i
p
is / as — sentence
ip / ap — paragraph

Reference

Object Range
is Inner sentence (no trailing space)
as Sentence + trailing whitespace
ip Inner paragraph (no surrounding blank lines)
ap Paragraph + trailing blank line

See also: Sentence and Paragraph Motions, Inner Word vs A Word