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I'm not sure you can say someone offers a promise in English. It's understandable but the common phrase is to make a promise, which I think should be accepted.
It seems to be not too common, but possible, after a short search. In fact I can see some difference in the semantics, at least in Czech.
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What would the difference in Czech? In English I can imagine someone saying that only in special circumstances as a rhetorical device. For example: We asked him for help but he offered a lot of promises instead. The verb offer is contrasted with the help that is not being offered. However, if you just want to talk about someone making a promise you wouldn't use offer.
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'Offered' seems to me to mean that the receiver of the promise distrusts the promise, while 'made' seems neutral or trusting of the promise
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DL seems to ignore paragraph marks for some reason. Sorry for the ugly lump of text.
