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+"""Functions to help edit essay homework using string manipulation."""
+
+
+def capitalize_title(title):
+    """Convert the first letter of each word in the title to uppercase if needed.
+
+    Parameters:
+        title (str): Essay title that needs title casing.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The title string in title case (first letters capitalized).
+    """
+    t= title.split()
+    a=""
+    for item in t:
+        new = chr(ord(item[0])-32)
+        new += item[1:]
+        a+=f"{new} " 
+    a=a[:-1]
+    return(a)
+
+
+def check_sentence_ending(sentence):
+    """Check the ending of the sentence to verify that a period is present.
+
+    Parameters:
+        sentence (str): A sentence to check.
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: Is the sentence punctuated correctly?
+    """
+    return(sentence[-1] in {".","?","!"})
+
+    pass
+
+
+def clean_up_spacing(sentence):    
+    """Trim any leading or trailing whitespace from the sentence.
+
+    Parameters:
+        sentence (str): A sentence to clean of leading and trailing space characters.
+    
+    Returns:
+        str: A sentence that has been cleaned of leading and trailing space characters.
+    """
+    s= sentence.split()
+    a=""
+    a=" ".join(s)
+    return(a)
+    pass
+
+
+def replace_word_choice(sentence, old_word, new_word):
+    """Replace a word in the provided sentence with a new one.
+
+    Parameters:
+        sentence (str): A sentence to replace words in.
+        old_word (str): The word to replace.
+        new_word (str): The replacement word.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: Input sentence with new words in place of old words.
+    """
+    if check_sentence_ending(sentence):
+        sentence=sentence[:-1]
+    
+    s=sentence.split(" ")
+    if old_word not in s:
+       return(sentence+".")
+    print(s)
+    print(s.index(old_word))
+    s[s.index(old_word)]=new_word
+    a=""
+    a=" ".join(s)
+    if not check_sentence_ending(a):
+        a+="."
+    return(a)