When the seaplane is first seen approaching McTeague 's residence; it is dark outside. But on the next cut it is now daylight and then on the following cut after that it is dark again.
When Flo, McTeague and Babe Dillon are having coffee; Babe adds sugar to his coffee then silently offers the sugar to Flo. But on the next cut which is a frontal shot; he repeats the same action of adding sugar to his coffee and then offering it to Flo except that this time he verbalizes it.