How to: tortured or tormented

In fact, the Russian language wereFrom the history of the spelling fluctuations equal verbs worry and suffer.

However, in the process of unification spelling in the middle of the last century, the verb suffer in a sense, it had to be sacrificed. Authoritative spelling dictionary of Russian Academy of Sciences, edited by B. IN. Lopatin recognizesRussian Spelling Dictionary permissible only its present form, which are sound different from the respective embodiments of the verb worry: I suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer. However, in a strict literary language preferredHow to: suffering or muchiet only tormented, tormented, muchishsya, tormented.

With respect to the initial form - tormentXia, It does not meetVowels in the infinitive (infinitive form) before the "-t" modern spelling rules. You will not find this verb in the aforementioned academic dictionary.

The same applies to the elapsed time: only permitted options He racked upcamping, suffered, agonized. The form tormented wrong - because the pronunciation is not very different from He suffered.