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This note is concerned with the difference equation \[ \Delta (p_{n}\Delta y_{n})+q_{n}f(y_{n-r_{n}})=0,\quad n=0,1,2,\dots, \tag{1} \] where \(\{p_{n}\}\) is positive sequence such that \(\sum_{i=1}^{\infty }p_{n}^{-1}=\infty ,\) \(\{q_{n}\}\) is a real sequence and \(\{r_{n}\}\) is a sequence of positive integers such that \(\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty }(n-r_{n})=\infty .\) The function \(f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) is continuous and \( f(u)/u\geq 1\) for \(u\neq 0.\) Two main results assert that when \(\{q_{n}\}\) is nonnegative and \(f\) is nondecreasing, then every bounded solution of (1) is oscillatory if, and only if, \[ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty }\sum_{s=1}^{n-1}\frac{1}{p_{s}}q_{n-1}=\infty , \] if, and only if, \[ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty }\sum_{s=n}^{\infty }\frac{q_{s}}{p_{n}}=\infty . \]