From ec77a4819cc27b55d96aa5f809162ed506ece25a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BethanyG <BethanyG@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 13:07:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updated exemplar and stub docstrigs to use Google style.

---
 .../little-sisters-essay/.meta/exemplar.py    | 32 +++++++++++------
 .../little-sisters-essay/string_methods.py    | 34 +++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/exercises/concept/little-sisters-essay/.meta/exemplar.py b/exercises/concept/little-sisters-essay/.meta/exemplar.py
index c51e930d820..f62fff90c30 100644
--- a/exercises/concept/little-sisters-essay/.meta/exemplar.py
+++ b/exercises/concept/little-sisters-essay/.meta/exemplar.py
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 def capitalize_title(title):
     """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).
+    Parameters:
+        title (str): Essay title that needs title casing.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The title string in title case (first letters capitalized).
     """
 
     return title.title()
@@ -14,8 +17,11 @@ def capitalize_title(title):
 def check_sentence_ending(sentence):
     """Check the ending of the sentence to verify that a period is present.
 
-    :param sentence: str - a sentence to check.
-    :return: bool - is the sentence punctuated correctly?
+    Parameters:
+        sentence (str): A sentence to check.
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: Is the sentence punctuated correctly?
     """
 
     return sentence.endswith(".")
@@ -24,8 +30,11 @@ def check_sentence_ending(sentence):
 def clean_up_spacing(sentence):
     """Trim any leading or trailing whitespace from 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.
+    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.
     """
 
     clean_sentence = sentence.strip()
@@ -35,10 +44,13 @@ def clean_up_spacing(sentence):
 def replace_word_choice(sentence, old_word, new_word):
     """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.
+    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.
     """
 
     better_sentence = sentence.replace(old_word, new_word)
diff --git a/exercises/concept/little-sisters-essay/string_methods.py b/exercises/concept/little-sisters-essay/string_methods.py
index 5c5b9ce66dd..080dc8ec95c 100644
--- a/exercises/concept/little-sisters-essay/string_methods.py
+++ b/exercises/concept/little-sisters-essay/string_methods.py
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 def capitalize_title(title):
     """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).
+    Parameters:
+        title (str): Essay title that needs title casing.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The title string in title case (first letters capitalized).
     """
 
     pass
@@ -14,18 +17,24 @@ def capitalize_title(title):
 def check_sentence_ending(sentence):
     """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.
+    Parameters:
+        sentence (str): A sentence to check.
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: Is the sentence punctuated correctly?
     """
 
     pass
 
 
 def clean_up_spacing(sentence):
-    """Verify that there isn't any whitespace at the start and end of the sentence.
+    """Trim any leading or trailing whitespace from 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.
+    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.
     """
 
     pass
@@ -34,10 +43,13 @@ def clean_up_spacing(sentence):
 def replace_word_choice(sentence, old_word, new_word):
     """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.
+    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.
     """
 
     pass