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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 load_stop_words(stop_word_file):
 """ Utility function to load stop words from a file and return as a list of words @param stop_word_file Path and file name of a file containing stop words. @return list A list of stop words. """

    stop_words = []
    for line in open(stop_word_file):
        if line.strip()[0:1] != "#":
            for word in line.split():  # in case more than one per line
                stop_words.append(word)
    return stop_words