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.