Help with tricky writing question

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<p><a href="As">quote</a> children mature, they develop (an independence) that their parents, who (have been) responsible for them since they were born, often find difficult (to accept). (No error)

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<p>The correct answer is E, no error.</p>

<p>However, I don't understand why B, an independence, is correct. Why is independence single, when clearly the children are plural? </p>

<p>Thanks in advance for your help!</p>

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<p>independence is a noncount noun is this instance. It should sound weird to say that “children develop independences.”</p>

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<p>Ahh gotcha :slight_smile: Thanks for clarifying.</p>

<p>Follow-up question: So in this case, “an independence” is correct. Would the same apply to “independence” on its own? As in,

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