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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def remove_blank_spaces(syllables: List[str]) -> List[str]: """ Given a list of letters, remove any blank spaces or empty strings. :param syllables: :return: ['a', 'b', 'c'] """

    cleaned = []
    for syl in syllables:
        if syl == " " or syl == '':
            pass
        else:
            cleaned.append(syl)
    return cleaned