-ing It!

The questions below are due on Sunday June 29, 2025; 10:00:00 PM.
 
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As an intern at New Active Systems Auto-correct (NASA) you have been assigned the exciting task of adding 'ing' to some words. Given the starter file below, complete the functions in the file according to the descriptions in the comments.

Link to starter code file

Notes:

  • challenge_verbing is actually a challenge! It's ok if you need help or don't find a complete solution. Hint: How can you count the number of trailing e's in a string when you don't know how many there are? Should you start at the beginning or the end of a word to count the trailing e's?

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