Sure, you could do that, but if you're going down the list making changes to 12 lines, it's much easier just to say something like \fj\ejj\sj\sj\fjjj\e instead of ciwfixup<esc>jciwedit<esc>jjciwsquash<esc>jciwsquash<esc>jciwfixup<esc>jjjciwedit<esc>