Why does my Mac auto-select the next few words or even sentences after i select and delete a batch of text?

For instance, if i were to select the next seven words and then over-write or delete them, the next few words would automatically become selected and, because i'm already typing, i would over-write them as well.  The more words that i initially select, the more words become selected after i hit delete.  You can imagine how annoying this might be when i decide to chuck an entire paragraph, select it, begin to over-write, and then realise that i've just over-written most of the next paragraph and part of the previous.
This can't possibly be a feature so i don't what option i might have chosen that would've prompted this kind of behaviour from my Mac.  It's done it intermittently over the last year that i've owned it.  It usually begins after an edit or two within a given document or email.  Once it begins, it doesn't stop, it just gets worse.

Firefox allows to select part of a word. You can select a word with a double click and use Shift + left click to set the end of the selection, so you need to click at the end of the last word instead of in it.

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