Red underlined words in Apple Mail

Somehow I must have changed something because now when I type almost EVERY word (including properly spelled ones) are highlighted with a red underline.
How can I shut this off or fix it?
Doug

perhaps you changed the spellcheck language? go to edit menu->spelling & grammar->show spelling & grammar and check what language is selected for spell checking.

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When composing an email, you can click on the fonts button to change fonts, bigger/smaller, bold, italics, etc. While in an email, on the mail toolbar, if you click on view and customize toolbar, you can move some other buttons to the toolbar for easier formatting access. Of course you can always highlight something you want to underline and push cmd (apple) U, or cmd B for bold, etc.

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