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NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

The NCSL Video Resource Center is a collection of recorded webinars accessible for on-demand learning.

Adverbs Are Like Torpedoes

Produced by: RELACS

June 2026

This session will address the many forms adverbs can take within statutory writing, why adverbs are among the most common causes of statutory ambiguity and how a behavior unique to adverbs and adverb phrases makes them act like torpedoes that sink your provisions. The presentation is directed to editors and drafters, but no one needs to be a grammarian to attend.  

Speakers

  • Frank Stoner, legislative editor, Office of Legislative Legal Services, Colorado General Assembly