User:Amgine/SG Details-K
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k [edit]
Avoid for 1 000 except in direct quotes, and in SI abbreviations such as km, kg.
Kant, Immanuel [edit]
Not Emmanuel.
Karadžić, Radovan [edit]
Then Dr Karadžić after first mention, for the psychiatrist and war crimes suspect. Note the accents.
Kentucky Fried Chicken [edit]
The company has rebranded as KFC, so the full caps title should only be used in historical contexts.
kerosene [edit]
North American term for paraffin. A colorless, odorless fuel.
key [edit]
Almost always use is clichéd; avoid where possible. Allowable for major or minor keys, as well as in association with locks or ciphers.
kick-start [edit]
Do not use except in regard to motorcycles.
kilobyte [edit]
Abbreviate to kB, but note megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), and terabyte (TB).
kilogram [edit]
Not kilogramme, abbreviate to kg. See SI.
kilometre [edit]
Not kilometer. (Note: kilometer is a US spelling which is deprecated because the US does not even use the km officially.) See SI.
kilometres per hour [edit]
Abbreviate to km/h, not kph. See SI.
kilowatt hour [edit]
Abbreviate to kWh. See SI.
kneejerk [edit]
Prefer without hyphen or space.
knockout [edit]
Noun with neither space nor hyphen, but to knock out as verb, with knock being conjugated.
know-how [edit]
Preferred with hyphen for noun.
Koran [edit]
Do not use. Prefer Qur'an.
Kosovo, Kosovan [edit]
Prefer Kosovan, not Kosovar.
Kurdistan [edit]
Do not use. Use Iraqi Kurdistan for the Iraqi federal entity. All other portions of the Zagros and Taurus mountain ranges - elements of ancient Corduene - do not have any recognition as a Kurdish state.
Kurdistan Worker's Party [edit]
Not Kuridstan Workers' Party, in Kurdish Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan thus abbreviate PKK. The PKK is identified by the United Nations, and other national and international entities, as a terrorist organization.
Kyoto Protocol [edit]
Capitalize protocol.
