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Understanding the Context

You're logged out We weren't sure if you left, so we logged you out of Discover.com to keep your account safe. Activate your new Discover card quickly and easily online to start enjoying its benefits. Which one is correct? "a specific situation" or "an specific situation"?

Key Insights

I know "an" normally goes with words starting with a vowel but in this case... Specific or specifical? Cynic or cynical? Clinic or clinical? Medic or medical?

Final Thoughts

Juridic or juridical? etc. Specifical is not used. Cynic is a noun, while cynical is its adjectival form. Same thing with clinic and clinical, medic and medical. Juridical and juridic are both adjectives and have the same meaning, but the latter is rarely used.

as at is quite common in this context to mean at a specific time/date. "As of" to me means since. "As of" only rarely means "since" in AE, and it still sounds awkward and confusing to me, so I personally avoid this usage. Example: The washing machine was fixed as of last week.