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Is this sentence native and grammatically correct? The schools reputation relies on its teachers. The teachers must put   their trust into their school as they brave moving to a new country.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

The school's reputation depends on its teachers. The teachers must trust in their school as they brave the move to a new country.

(I don't understand how a school can move to a new country, though!)

KrisBlueNZ · Answer

PreciousJones(Emphasis in CAPS added by KrisBlueNZ.)
The SCHOOLS reputation RELIES ON its teachers.
SCHOOLS should be SCHOOL'S. In this case, the apostrophe-S makes it a possessive, so we are talking about the reputation POSSESSED by the school. This is appropriate even though the school doesn't OWN its reputation, the way you might own a car. JOHN'S OPINION means the OPINION of JOHN, like JOHN'S CAR could be described as the CAR of JOHN.

You can also use apostrophe-S to mean IS. For example SCHOOL'S OUT means SCHOOL IS OUT (end of the school day).
You used the right spelling of ITS in this sentence. Sometimes people write IT'S for the possessive of IT, but the apostrophe is not present for the possessive of IT, just as there's no apostrophe in HIS, HER/HERS, THIER/THEIRS, etc. It's a weird rule but it makes sense in a way.

Finally, the school's repuation DEPENDS on its teachers. It's right to say that the SCHOOL RELIES on its teachers, but the actual REPUTATION cannot RELY on something. Only a sentient being (i.e. a person or animal) can actually RELY on something, because when you RELY ON something, you are putting your trust in it; you have an expectation, and that's something only a conscious thing can do. A REPUTATION can't RELY on anything, but it can DEPEND on it, or in other words, BE AFFECTED (or BE DETERMINED) by it.
PreciousJonesTHE teachers must PUT THEIR TRUST INTO their school as they brave moving to a new country.
THE (at the start of the sentence) might be better omitted. If you start the sentence with just TEACHERS, it's obvious WHICH teachers you're referring to - the teachers at the school you're discussing. I'm not sure how to explain it, beyond saying that the THE seems superfluous, to me.
PUT THEIR TRUST INTO is wrong; the idiom is "put their trust IN".
PreciousJonesas they BRAVE MOVING to a new country.
BRAVE is being used to mean something like CHALLENGE. You can BRAVE a storm, or broadly, any kind of CHALLENGE or FORCE (of nature, of peer pressure, etc). MOVING to a new country is something you can do; it's not a FORCE or CHALLENGE. You could say "BRAVE the CHALLENGES OF moving to a new country, but it's a bit wordy to me.

HTH KrisBlueNZ

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