Independent of
How to use "independent of" correctlyThis is an entry on my list of Common Errors in English Usage. Visit the main page for direct links to additional entries.
Although we do speak of, for example, one country’s independence from another, independent should be used with of when it means “not depending on”:
independent from any outside help
independent of any outside help
made progress independently of her partners’ efforts
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