promise (me) / promise to do sth

0Yes, you can promise a direct object: He promised two tickets to the game to the person who got the correct answer first.02br
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00You can make a promise TO an indirect object: He promised his son he would be at his baseball game.02br
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00So, yes, your sentence is fine.0-

May I ask if it would be correct to say "She promised me to help me" to mean "She promised me that she'd help me"?

I think the second sounds more natural.

HUBLOTMay I ask if it would be correct to say "She promised me to help me" to mean "She promised me that she'd help me"?

I would say "She promised to help me."

I considered that, YL, but it's possible to promise someone else that you'll help a third person. You might promise your mother that you'll help your little brother with his math homework, for example. So I thought it lost that element of promising ME that you would help me. I think the vast majority of the time, "You promised to help me" has "me" in both the role of the person promised and the pe

Hi GG

I was taught to leave out 'me' in such a sentence. I was taught that 'me' is understood. However, I agree with you that including 'me' does emphasize that the person promised me and not another person.