On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:32:51 +1100, "Trevor Wilson"
wrote:

In normal usage, Service refers to routine maintenance performed to a
schedule. Repair is an ad hoc event, setting right a fault. Some
repair may occur during a service, but that will be the exception
rather than the rule.

When I have my car serviced, the brakes and oil are changed and other
consumable parts are inspected. If something goes wrong during normal
use, I send it for repair, not a service. The repair is a specific
task.

**As I stated: The English do not necessarily understand how to use their
own language.


You can state all you like Trevor (what I tell you three times is
true, eh?). Of course your use of the word "necessarily" robs the
statement of all meaning. Nobody "necessarily" does anything - even
you. And of course I'm quite sure you stated it using an Australian
Interrogative Cadence, making it a question, the answer to which is
no, I'm not wrong.

d