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The author investigates oscillation properties of nonlinear second order o.d.e.'s \[ (R(t)w(x)x')'+a(t)g(x')+p(t)f(x)= 0,\quad t\in [t_ 0,\beta)\quad \beta \leq \infty\tag{1} \] Assuming first \(w(x) \equiv 1\) and \(\beta = \infty\), an oscillation theorem is proved which generalizes a result obtained by \textit{G. J. Butler} [Ann. Mat. Pura Appl., IV. Ser. 105, 73-92 (1975; Zbl 0307.34029)] for the special case \(R\equiv 1\), \(a \equiv 0\). The second theorem is a non-oscillation criterion for equation (1) with \(a \equiv 0\), which again extends a former result by \textit{G. J. Butler} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 76, 51-59 (1979; Zbl 0415.34032)]. Here, the existence of a non-oscillating solution is proved by suitably applying Schauder's fixed point theorem. Illustrating examples are missing.