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Apply clearing denominators relative to an independent module subset to find $0\ne a$ with $aM$ lying in a finite free module. Multiplication by $a$ is injective on a torsion-free module, giving the required embedding. A submodule need not itself be free over a general integral domain.

Elements of a module are linearly independent if every finite linear relation between them has all coefficients zero. An independent finite set freely generates its span, a finite free module. Over an integral domain, maximal independence within a finite generating set enables clearing denominators relative to an independent module subset.

For each $s\in S\setminus T$, maximality implies a nontrivial relationHere $a_s\ne 0$, since otherwise this would contradict the linear independence in a module of $T$. Thus $a_{s}s\in N$. Take $r={\prod }_{s\in S\setminus T}{a}_s$, with empty product equal to one. Because $R$ is an integral domain, $r\ne 0$. Every $s\in S\setminus T$ satisfies $rs\in N$, and this is also true for $s\in T$. Expressing any element of the finitely generated module as an $R$-linear combination of $S$ now gives $rM\subseteq N$. This is clearing denominators relative to an independent module subset; it does not require $R$ to be a field.