give the recommendations vs give the recommendation

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Give the recommendations' is used when referring to multiple suggestions or pieces of advice, while 'give the recommendation' is used when referring to a single suggestion or piece of advice.

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give the recommendations

This phrase is correct when referring to multiple suggestions or pieces of advice.

This phrase is used when asking someone to provide multiple recommendations or suggestions.

Examples:

Can you give the recommendations for improving our sales strategy?

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I'll give you the recommendation he would have.
And I need to give the ADA a recommendation.
And I need to give the ADA a recommendation.
It is, of course, very important for the Member States themselves to give the Council's recommendations proper support and take specific actions.
Besides all the positive aspects, we would like to give the Commission the following recommendations:
The Community, all Member States, and most of the acceding countries are party to this Convention and, as such, are expected to give effect to the recommendations.
The extension to 2006, proposed by the Commission, would give effect to the recommendations of the mid-term evaluation by supporting those existing Programme measures most in line with the current need for enhancing reconciliation.
Mr President, the dual German Presidency for the next six months of both the European Union and the Schengen area gives weight to the recommendation to the Council from the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, presented by our colleague Mrs Van Lancker.
Each Member State concerned should inform the Council and the European Parliament in writing in the course of the next six months on the follow-up it decides to give to the recommendations contained in the report and mentioned in the follow-up which are still to be implemented.
I am making this comment because as a rule the Commissioner present gives the Commission's voting recommendations orally.
The EDPS gives the following recommendation in order to improve the text with regard to the information of data subjects: the way data subjects will be informed of the fact they have specific rights will depend on the format of the offence notification.
And remember, you're just there to assess the inmates, Give your recommendation to the parole board.
It also gives the impression that this recommendation seeks to bypass the Court of Justice's decision against the directive on advertising and sponsorship.
A Procurement and Contracts Committee should be established to give recommendations to the Director of the Joint Undertaking on the award of contracts, grants and related matters.
In the TABD process it is up to business to identify the issues on which they wish to give recommendations to the governments.
The European Medicines Agency (hereinafter the Agency) and the Member States should also be empowered to give recommendations on the classification of unforeseen variations.
Can the Commission give an undertaking that the recommendation will be updated?
This is why we should give our support to the recommendation to include in the future Constitutional Treaty an article specifically relating to OMC, defining its form and procedures.
MEPs in the committee give recommendations on how to bring more efficiency into the primary and secondary education, and call on the Member States to support more training of teachers.
However, our aim is not to evaluate the approach of the new US administration but to give recommendations to the Council, which is drafting the EU position on the future of the nuclear non-proliferation regime.

Alternatives:

provide the recommendations
offer the recommendations
share the recommendations
present the recommendations
suggest the recommendations