I wish to remember and record tips, tricks, evasions, restrictions I used in the process of gaining fluency in the Spanish Language--the hardest thing I have ever done. I present them here for myself and anybody who may be interested. I remember nine well. Let me call them "tips" even though I gave them to myself, and, unlike most tips, I profited greatly from each and every one. I detect something of each one in my present speech. Bob Komives --------------------------------------------------------------- In Part One I write to myself. I give myself each tip in its simpler and more rigid form. In general, it is also the earlier form I. In Part Two I write as if I am a teacher and also the student. I restate each tip, but in its longer form--long-winded, more complex. As student, this allowed me to learn and grow, and gave me me some flexibility as I gained fluency. PART ONE, short form Tip # 1 Do not use the command form, the imper...