Copy To Clipboard In Safari

Is it just me or does copy to clipboard not work in Safari? Copying from web sites is essential and pasting data into forms etc seems a convenience, yet I cannot copy. Why?

Since tap or double tap is the way copy and paste works everywhere else on the iPhone it seems very strange that in this case the copy function operates in such a different manner. I wonder how many other people miss it like me and think it must be absent because of that difference.
No completely accurate. Tap and hold is how copy/paste/select functions work on the iPhone. A single tap does not do this. In most cases, a double tap will zoom. In a few cases, a double-tap will copy, but only when the text is isolated, i.e. in a text message box. In this same case, a tap and hold works also.
In summary, tap and hold works in all cases I've run across.
Message was edited by: paulcb

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