The oscillation of solutions of the nth‐order delay differential equation
r2(t)r1(t)y(n−2)(t)α′′+p(t)y(n−2)(t)α+q(t)f(y(g(t)))=0
was studied in [S. R. Grace and A. Zafer, Math. Meth. Appl. Sci. 2016, 39 1150–1158] when n is even and the n odd case has been referred to as an interesting open problem. In the present work, our primary aim is to address this situation. Our method of the proof that is quite different from the aforementioned study is essentially new. We introduce Vn−1‐type solutions and use comparisons with first‐order oscillatory and second‐order nonoscillatory equations. Examples are given to illustrate the main results. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.