But that doesn't mean I'm commending the new releases the books you see on the display racks in the front of stores, the DVDs of Hollywood's latest, the music that's top of the pops.
Then I reconsidered: surely, the audience was commending the quality of the writing, not the show.
"All season I've been commending these guys for the fight they have, how they just don't go away," Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny said.
Despite threats to my life and my flat being petrol bombed, I gave evidence and was commended by the judge for my bravery.
"I heard about another florist who was commended for creating a web site for $20,000.
From the first, he championed the Anglican establishment, for which he was commended by Charles I. It was as a Parliamentarian, however, that he opposed the execution of the earl of Strafford, one of the king's chief advisers, and resisted the Root and Branch Bill, which would have abolished the episcopacy.
I should be commended for finding a way of doing quality science, which otherwise wouldn't happen.
Though he is the first to admit that Tanner isn't a stretch ("someone said I should be commended for services to plot exposition"), he insists that playing MI6's desk-bound human Filofax is trickier than it looks.
"I should be commended for having my deputies trained by the federal government not to conduct racial profiling," says Arpaio.
Throughout my career, on several occasions, I have been commended on my excellent communication, team player, and multitasking skills.
