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Je ne consacre plus rien à cette distraction.

Je ne consacre plus rien à cette distraction.
I no longer dedicate anything to this distraction.
From Lesson 276:Combined negations (ne... plus rien)·French

Questions & Answers about Je ne consacre plus rien à cette distraction.

Why are there two negative words, plus and rien, in this sentence?
In French, you can combine certain negative words to create a more specific meaning. Here, plus means "no longer" or "not anymore", and rien means "anything" or "nothing". Together, ne ... plus rien means "no longer anything". Notice that we drop pas completely when using these other negative words.
Could I say ne consacre rien plus instead of plus rien?
No, the order is strictly fixed. When stacking negative words, shorter adverbs like plus or jamais (never) always come before pronouns like rien (nothing/anything) or personne (nobody). So it must always be ne ... plus rien.
Why do we use the preposition à before cette distraction?
The verb consacrer (to dedicate or devote) requires the preposition à to introduce the thing or person you are dedicating something to. The structure is always consacrer quelque chose à quelque chose (to dedicate something to something).
Why is it cette distraction and not ce distraction?
Distraction is a feminine noun in French, which is a very reliable rule for almost all nouns ending in -tion. Therefore, you must use the feminine demonstrative adjective cette (this/that) instead of the masculine ce.

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