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It's missing the usual use of the verb 'use'.
"This knife is used to cut meat."
 

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It's missing the usual use of the verb 'use'.
"This knife is used to cut meat."

So I can use your point when teaching.
 

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I am not a teacher.

Or, "This is the knife I used to use to cut meat."
 

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Another example:

A butcher is used to cutting meat; a knife is used to cut meat.
 

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So I can use your point when teaching.
Yes. I think the reason it isn't on that diagram is that is not really an idiomatic "used to" structure. It's the verb "used" following by a prepositional phrase beginning with "to". But if you're teaching "used to", you might as well point it out to avoid confusion.
 
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