[Grammar] a meeting you attended/you have attended

[Will17]

Hello!

Can we use the past simple and the present perfect interchangeably here, please?

"Do you remember a very bad meeting you have attended/ you attended?"

Thank you very much for your help.
Will

 

[Tdol]

I think both are OK.

 

[billmcd]

Hello!

Can we use the past simple and the present perfect interchangeably here, please?

"Do you remember a very bad meeting you have attended/ you attended?"

Thank you very much for your help.
Will

Either could be used, but I would possibly infer a slight or subtle difference between the two. With "you attended" and even with "a" (and not "the") I might think you are referring to only one specific meeting in the past. Whereas "you have attended", would suggest to me, one "bad meeting" among several meetings.