diff --git a/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/workshop-sentence-analyzer/66e2f376df6f315ee81de81a.md b/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/workshop-sentence-analyzer/66e2f376df6f315ee81de81a.md
index c481ecb54f5..26ba0dbc327 100644
--- a/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/workshop-sentence-analyzer/66e2f376df6f315ee81de81a.md
+++ b/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/workshop-sentence-analyzer/66e2f376df6f315ee81de81a.md
@@ -88,8 +88,16 @@ function getWordCount(sentence) {
     return 0;
   }
   
-  const words = sentence.trim().split(/\s+/);
-  return words.length;
+  const words = sentence.trim().split(' ');
+  let count = 0;
+
+  for (const word of words) {
+    if (word !== '') {
+      count++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return count;
 }
 
 --fcc-editable-region--
@@ -150,8 +158,16 @@ function getWordCount(sentence) {
     return 0;
   }
   
-  const words = sentence.trim().split(/\s+/);
-  return words.length;
+  const words = sentence.trim().split(' ');
+  let count = 0;
+
+  for (const word of words) {
+    if (word !== '') {
+      count++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return count;
 }
 
 const wordCount = getWordCount("I love freeCodeCamp");