The phrase "a commendation of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an expression of approval or praise for someone or something.
Example: "The award was a commendation of her outstanding contributions to the community."
Alternatives: "an endorsement of" or "a praise for".
This saying seems to commend literature, but it's really a commendation of good "communication skills," something that many employers look for.
One such bit deserves a commendation of some kind: Nitro Circus has finally found a way to make golf, one of the world's more plodding spectator sports, interesting.
It used to bother him when people said they believed in him; it seemed condescending and a comment on his liabilities rather than a commendation of his assets.
A commendation of Mr. Foster by the Department of Health and Human Services, which gave him a Distinguished Executive Award in 2001, recognized him for "his dynamic leadership and exceptional technical expertise in what has been described as 'the toughest actuary job in the country.' " Mr. Ball quipped, "I don't know that I'd call him exactly dynamic".
Moreover, to demonstrate his own orthodoxy, he wrote a commendation of Pope Leo's celebrated letter of 449 to Patriarch Flavian of Constantinople, delineating for both the Latin and the Greek churches the authoritative statement on Christ's nature and identifying the degrees of erroneous interpretation; this definitive expression became the norm for the general Council of Chalcedon.
It is a commendation of a style of action that consists in being receptive rather than aggressive, following from behind rather than leading in front, accommodating rather than confrontational, and being flexible and ready to change with the situation rather than rigid and operating from general predetermined principles.
"Our recipes and our food is something we take a very great deal of pride in," said Ole Olson, Giusseppe's general manager, as he received a commendation on behalf of the restaurant during a City Council meeting this week.
E4 series, and subsequent box office hit, The Inbetweeners was awarded with best comedy programme, while Sky News received a commendation for The Fall of Tripoli - its coverage of the unfolding events in Libya, which led to the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi.
Raymond Caliendo, a partner with Mark Searage in Art-of-Form Architects in Amityville, received a commendation for the historic restoration of an 1882 restaurant, Gage & Tollner, on Fulton Street in Brooklyn.
In retirement, he was active as a weekly reader for the Jewish School for the Blind from which he received a commendation for five years of excellent service.
Just last month, Officer Romero, who pronounces his name "George," received a commendation for his successful investigation of 26 car burglaries in May 2012.
