ERASE PREVIOUS WORD

 Erases all of the previous word or all of the current word, depending on
 your cursor position.

 Steps:

    1.  Put the cursor where you want to erase a word.

    2.  Use ERASE PREVIOUS WORD.

 Usage notes:

 o  ERASE PREVIOUS WORD erases an entire word, except at the start of a
    line, as follows:

       Cursor position     Effects of ERASE PREVIOUS WORD
       ---------------------------------------------------------------
       Start of line       Erases the line break (carriage return),
                           causing the current line to move up.  Useful
                           to join paragraphs for FILL.

       Start of word or    Erases the previous word (left of the
       between words       cursor), including the trailing whitespace.

       Elsewhere on        Same as ERASE WORD---erases the current
       a word              word, including the trailing whitespace.

 o  In editing a command line, any key defined as ERASE WORD works like
    ERASE PREVIOUS WORD.  See help on Editing Command Lines.

 o  To insert what you erased, use RESTORE WORD.

 Related topics:

    ERASE WORD     RESTORE     RESTORE WORD