Surround two words with quotes in Vim

Question

I am working with vim-surround and the following text. (* is the place of the cursor)

This is a lo*ng line and I want to highlight two words

I want to surround both the words long and line within quotes, so that it becomes

This is a "long line" and I want to highlight two words

Is it possible to do it without getting into visual mode?

Answer 1

Try: ys2w" (ys takes a motion or text object, and then the character with which you want to surround).

Answer 2

Press b first and then ys2w"

Answer 3

When using surround commands, I find the most logical solution is to sequence the "marking" and the "surrounding" operations.

Thus, with text objects, I use v2aw to visually mark the two words, then s" for the total of

v2aws"