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I don't agree with your analysis of your English sentence. In the phrase "mostly used in literary contexts", the word "used" is not a past tense. It is present tense, passive voice.
Accordingly, the Spanish would be "se usa" and not what you have.
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To talk about such general actions, it is common to use pasiva refleja with the se pronoun, instead of "tú":
Cuando se habla con una persona mayor, se usa usted en vez de tú.
If you want to use tú (or usted), you need to use the imperative form:
Cuando hables con una persona mayor, usa usted en vez de tú.
If you want to use the verb dirigirse, ...
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Usually (I'm not certain if always though) what is expressed by means of a gerund form inside a prepositional phrase in English, corresponds to the infinitive in Spanish (in prepositional phrase)...
"for the purposes of bettering" → "con el propósito de mejorar"
"for improving my Spanish" → "para mejorar mi español"
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