diff --git a/u4/word_count.py b/u4/word_count.py
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+++ b/u4/word_count.py
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+def word_count(phrase):
+    slovnik1 = []
+    slova = phrase.lower().split()  
+    for gns in slova:
+        cisteslovo = gns.strip(".,!:;?'\"")   
+        if cisteslovo:
+            slovnik1.append(cisteslovo) 
+    return slovnik1