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Le elezioni sono domani, che ne scriverà la stampa?

Le elezioni sono domani, che ne scriverà la stampa?
The elections are tomorrow, what will the press write about it?
From Lesson 172:Topic pronoun (ne)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Le elezioni sono domani, che ne scriverà la stampa?

What exactly is ne replacing in this sentence?
It replaces delle elezioni (about the elections). In Italian, you use the preposition di to say you are writing about something (scrivere di qualcosa). The little pronoun ne steps in to replace di + the topic, so ne scriverà perfectly translates to "will write about them" or "will write about it."
Why is la stampa at the very end of the sentence?
In Italian questions, it's very common to place the subject at the end of the clause. Saying che ne scriverà la stampa? sounds much more natural and flows better than putting la stampa before the verb. This inverted word order places a nice emphasis on "the press" as the ones doing the writing.
"Elections" is plural, so why is the verb scriverà in the singular form?
The verb scriverà (will write) belongs to the second half of the sentence, and its subject is la stampa (the press). Since la stampa is a singular noun in Italian, the verb must be in the third-person singular future tense. The plural elezioni is the subject of the first verb (sono), but only the topic being written about in the second.
Could I use cosa or che cosa instead of just che here?
Yes, absolutely! Che, cosa, and che cosa all mean "what" and are generally interchangeable in questions like this. Che ne scriverà... is just a slightly shorter, very common way to phrase it.

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