Char type while counting number of words in Readability lab

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#include <cs50.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{
    string enterword = get_string("input: ");
    int t = strlen(enterword);
    printf("%i\n", t);
    int counter = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i<= t; i++)
    {
       
         if (enterword == '.'|| enterword == '!' || enterword == '?'){
         counter = counter + 1;}
    }
         printf("number of lines %i\n",counter);
         
         int wordcounter = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i<= t; i++)
         {
             if (enterword == ' ' || enterword == '.'){
                 wordcounter = wordcounter + 1;
             }
             
         }
         printf("total words %i\n", wordcounter);
}

			

The above program fails to calculate correctly no. of words. The problem is that char type can take only one character.

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int wordcounter = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i<= t; i++)
         {
             if (enterword == ' ' || enterword == '.'){
                 wordcounter = wordcounter + 1;
             }
             
         }
         printf("total words %i\n", wordcounter);

			

I cannot have enterword == ‘. ‘; that is, one space after. to count correctly number of words when before full stop and a new line starts with a space after that full stop. Seeking help how to approach in such scenario.

 

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