[GoodThings2Life]

I find the trick is to tap-and-hold at the start or end point of what you want to select... when the popup appears, choose Select Text... that activates the selection process... now, tap to the left or right of what you want to copy to select the "end" point (effectively you've chose "from here" and "to here")... then tap and hold again and choose Copy/Cut... in the web browser it's a lot easier... tap-and-hold auto-selects a word/paragraph/sentence based on context, and you can grab the selectors to shorten/extend the selection.