diff --git a/u4/word_count.py b/u4/word_count.py
index db43b07..d173eee 100644
--- a/u4/word_count.py
+++ b/u4/word_count.py
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-import string
+import re
+from collections import Counter
+
 
 def word_count(text):
-    words = []
-    for word in text.lower().split():
-        cleaned_word = word.strip(string.punctuation)
-        if cleaned_word:
-            words.append(cleaned_word)
+    pattern = r"\w+(?:'\w+)?"
+    words = re.findall(pattern, text.lower())
 
-    result = {}
-    for word in words:
-        result[word] = result.get(word,0) +1
-
-    return result
+    return dict(Counter(words))
+    
     
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