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> From: "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de>
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:45:50 +0200
> 
> So if I have
> 
>   able baker charlie
> 
> and do `M-@' while on 'k',
> 
>          ker
> 
> is selected.  If I move left to 'a', then
> 
>   able baker
> 
> is selected.  If instead I move right to the final 'e', then
> 
>              charlie
> 
> including the space in front of the 'c' is selected.
> 
> Is that supposed to happen?

Yes.

> What's the use-case for the moving-right behaviour?

To allow you to adjust the beginning of the region.