User:Amgine/SG Details-K

k

Avoid for 1 000 except in direct quotes, and in SI abbreviations such as km, kg.

Kant, Immanuel

Not Emmanuel.

Karadžić, Radovan

Then Dr Karadžić after first mention, for the psychiatrist and war crimes suspect. Note the accents.

Kentucky Fried Chicken

The company has rebranded as KFC, so the full caps title should only be used in historical contexts.

kerosene

North American term for paraffin. A colorless, odorless fuel.

key

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

Do not use except in regard to motorcycles.

kilobyte

Abbreviate to kB, but note megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), and terabyte (TB).

kilogram

Not kilogramme, abbreviate to kg. See SI.

kilometre

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

Abbreviate to km/h, not kph. See SI.

kilowatt hour

Abbreviate to kWh. See SI.

kneejerk

Prefer without hyphen or space.

knockout

Noun with neither space nor hyphen, but to knock out as verb, with knock being conjugated.

know-how

Preferred with hyphen for noun.

Koran

Do not use. Prefer Qur'an.

Kosovo, Kosovan

Prefer Kosovan, not Kosovar.

Kurdistan

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

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

Capitalize protocol.