used to structures

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Freeguy

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It's missing the usual use of the verb 'use'.
"This knife is used to cut meat."
 
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.
 
I am not a teacher.

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

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