Today we discuss a big mistake you’re making with "miss" and "lose" when you talk about missing the bus in English!

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If you take the bus or train, what do you say when you discover it has already come and gone without you?

“I lost the bus,” is a common mistake. The problem with saying this is that it suggests you owned the bus, but no longer know where it is. A person can lose their keys or their wallet, but they can only lose their bus if they’re a bus driver!

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