"commend it for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to show approval or admiration for something based on a particular quality or characteristic. For example: "She did an outstanding job on the project, so I commend her for her hard work and dedication."
But he did commend it for providing "much-needed guidance to local jurisdictions" — a distinctly Panglossian spin.
Does not come out for or against but lists fundamental issues that need to be addressed including "what provisions should be made for those conscientiously unable to accept their ministry?" The archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and the then archbishop of York, David Hope, "commend it for prayerful study within the dioceses".
In announcing the Hagan School accreditation, the association commended it for its strong student-centered environment, commitment to diversity and merit compensation for faculty, among other things.
An in-depth review of the Guardian's Living our Values website has commended it for its transparency, level of interactivity and "flurry of inspiring information".
In his 1975 work A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films, Jeff Rovin stated that the film was "confusing but colourful", and commended it for its "superb special effects".
He commended it for its "more straightforward approach in telling a so-called story", but felt it was "a bit too much like one of those overly dramatic fragrance commercials".
One member of the WMAQ-TV Street Team commended it for its signature cocktails and sushi, while another gave kudos for the design and the stainless steel swizzle sticks that the bar calls "stirs".
The museum "adapted to those pressures in a way that I think is admirable," said Kate D. Levin, the Cultural Affairs commissioner of New York, who commended it for expanding its board and keeping its doors open during construction until last fall.
Its transparency commends it for optical fibres, and Omenetto and colleagues have previously shaped silk films into so-called waveguides, rather like very thin optical fibres laid down directly on a solid surface such as a silicon chip.
Laetitia Wong Wai Yi of Today felt the track attained well-deserved hype and commended it for "perfectly" combining Azalea's vocal fluidity with its minimalistic dance breakdown.
The song was well received by critics who commended it for being a simple love song.
