Switching languages in Mail on UK qwerty iMac

I have brand new iMac with UK qwerty keyboard.  I compose emails in both English and Spanish and I want to activate automatic recognition when I start typing. Is that possible and if not what is the quickest method to switch between the two?

You can try going to system prefs/keyboard/text and clicking on the spelling menu so you can select Setup.  Then check the boxes for only the two languages you want and leave it on "automatic".
If it doesn't work well enough, you can switch betweeen languages via Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar.

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