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"""Functions to help edit essay homework using string manipulation."""


def capitalize_title(title: str) -> str:
"""
Convert the first letter of each word in the title to uppercase if needed.

:param title: str - title string that needs title casing.
:return: str - title string in title case (first letters capitalized).
"""

return title.title()


def check_sentence_ending(sentence: str) -> bool:
"""
Check the ending of the sentence to verify that a period is present.

:param sentence: str - a sentence to check.
:return: bool - return True if punctuated correctly with period,
False otherwise.
"""

return sentence[-1] in ".!?"


def clean_up_spacing(sentence: str) -> str:
"""
Verify that there isn't any whitespace at the start and end of the
sentence.

:param sentence: str - a sentence to clean of leading and trailing
space characters.
:return: str - a sentence that has been cleaned of leading and
trailing space characters.
"""

return sentence.strip()


def replace_word_choice(sentence: str, old_word: str, new_word: str) -> str:
"""
Replace a word in the provided sentence with a new one.

:param sentence: str - a sentence to replace words in.
:param old_word: str - word to replace.
:param new_word: str - replacement word.
:return: str - input sentence with new words in place of old words.
"""

return sentence.replace(old_word, new_word)