promise somebody or to somebody

[worcester]

Hello everyone,

1. "He promised me to never do it again."
2. "He promised to me to never do it again."

Are these sentences correct? Do I need "to" after promise to introduce the object?

Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

Only 1 is correct.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

I'm sorry for that but I've found several examples with "promise to me".

http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=promise+to+me&l=0&sugg=off

What would you say?

 

[worcester]

Thank you Rover_KE for your answer.

Am I correct to understand that if we have promise+direct object we use "to" and if we have promise+indirect object then we do not use "to".
1."He promised riches to her."
2. "He promised her a lot of money."

Thank you.

 

[Jaskin]

Hi,
Please note I'm not a teacher nor a native speaker.

I'm sorry for that but I've found several examples with "promise to me".

http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=promise+to+me&l=0&sugg=off

What would you say?

I'd say that in most of the example you talking about, promise is used as a noun not as a verb.

Cheers.

 

[worcester]

Should it be "promise something to somebody" and "promise somebody something"?

Thank you.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Both are correct according to http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/promise_1 Definition#1

Not a teacher.

 

[Raymott]

Should it be "promise something to somebody" and "promise somebody something"?

Yes, but that's nothing specific to promising. That's just the usual way of using a direct and an indirect object together.
"I gave him something; I gave something to him". You can substitute pretty much any ditransitive verb.

 

[Raymott]

Both are correct according to http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/promise_1 Definition#1

Not a teacher.

I can't find "promise (v) to someone" there. That would be very uncommon.
Yes, there are phrases close to this. "The boss promised me a raise"; "The boss promised a raise to me" (Not common); "The boss promised to me a raise" (Wrong).

 

[Matthew Wai]

I can't find "promise (v) to someone" there. That would be very uncommon.

Can you find "promise something to somebody" there?

 

[Raymott]

Can you find "promise something to somebody" there?

Yes, but that's not "promise to somebody something". That's my point, and it's in my posts above.
"Give the book to him" is correct. "Give to him the book" is incorrect. It's works for 'promise' and most ditransitive verbs.