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One of my textbooks, for grammar pattern construction, sometimes indicates
"[動-辞書形] +", and I also sometime "[動・い形・な形・名] の名詞修飾型 +".

For verbs I thought that both of these are the same. Is that correct?

If not what is the difference? Also in English is the second form what is
called the nominal form?
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What is the difference between a verb's 名詞修飾型 and 辞書形
Yes, the attributive form (連体形/名詞修飾形) of a verb looks exactly the same as its
dictionary-form (終止形/辞書形) in _modern Japanese_. But that was not true in
archaic/classic Japanese. From Wikipedia:

> ### [Attributive
> verb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attributive_verb#Japanese)
>
> ... modern Japanese verbs have the same form whether predicative or
> attributive. (The only exception is the copula, which is da or desu when
> used predicatively and na when used attributively.) Historically, however,
> these had been separate forms.

So for historical reasons it's worth distinguishing the two.

And 連体形 and 終止形 are still different in na-adjectives (i.e., 簡単 **な** 本 vs
この本は簡単 **だ** ), so thinking them as different things is a good idea for the
sake of consistency.
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