adjective
BAD : Nowadays young people want to be independent from their parents.
GOOD : Nowadays young people want to be independent of their parents.
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independent of sb/sth (NOT from ): 'Good students soon become independent of their teachers.'
adjective
BAD : Nowadays young people want to be independent from their parents.
GOOD : Nowadays young people want to be independent of their parents.
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independent of sb/sth (NOT from ): 'Good students soon become independent of their teachers.'
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary. Английский словарь распространенных ошибок Longman. 2012