     // can choose to have the older behavior instead.
     /**
      * This flag controls whether the effect, when run in a transition,
-     * will automatically apply the property values according to the end
+     * automatically applies the property values according to the end
      * state, as opposed to leaving values as set by the effect itself.
      * 
      * @default true

    private var _duration:Number = 500;
    
    /**
	 *  @private
	 */
	mx_internal var durationExplicitlySet:Boolean = false;

    [Inspectable(category="General", defaultValue="500", minValue="0.0")]
    

    //  hideFocusRing
    //----------------------------------
    
    /**
     *  @private
     *  Storage for the hideFocusRing property.
     */
    private var _hideFocusRing:Boolean = false;

    /**
     *  @copy mx.effects.IEffect#hideFocusRing
