Identifying Sentence Errors question

Test Preparation
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<p>The question:</p>

<p>(As) children mature, they develop (an independence) that their parents, who (have been)
A B C
responsible for them since they were born, often find difficult (to accept). (No error)
D E</p>

<p>The correct answer is E "No Error" and I don't understand why B "an independence" is grammatically correct. Shouldn't independence be plural because the subject, children, is plural?</p>

2

<p>There is no plural form of “independence”, for one thing.</p>

3

<p>Yes, but “an” implies singular.</p>

4

<p>No. Independence acts as a noun, it is a thing. So there is no plural as one of the other posters said. What else could it be–independences? E is correct. </p>

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