the academy is also silent on the tendency described in b2; however, it is universal across the spanish-speaking world. in a questionnaire given to 28 spaniards in the madrid region, 90% preferred "la halagó" for "he flattered her" and 87% preferred "le halagó" for "it flattered her". garcía (1975) reports a similar but less extreme tendency in buenos aires: only 14% of garcía's sample said "él le convenció" for "he convinced him" (the rest said "él lo convenció"). with an inanimate subject, a slight majority (54%) said "este color no le convence".