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We often say "Oh, I have missed the bus" when the bus had left before I arrived at the bus stop.

Now, I was on the bus and busy talking with a friend and forgot to get off the bus at a correct bus stop.

Is it correct to say "Oh, I have missed the stop" the same way we say "Oh, I have missed the bus"?

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Yes, that works, but it is a little clearer to say “I missed my stop” because that makes it explicit that you are talking about the stop you intended to take.

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Yes, that's correct. However, it's slightly more natural to use the pronoun "my" instead of "the". There also doesn't seem to be a reason to use the past perfect, so I would also prefer the simple past.

See for example this anecdote on Reddit:

I accidentally missed my bus stop due to daydreaming... when I went up the front of the bus the driver just laughed, did a slight detour, and dropped me right at the door of the train station rather than on the main road where I would have been originally. It was almost worth the initial shame of admitting I missed my stop.

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