Direction: Choose the statement(s) or part(s) thereof that has/have an error of grammar or syntax.

(A) Irrespective of how many trinkets and gimcracks the manufacturing and processing industries make, this cannot be called production; (B) we must in fact regard this as the consumption of resources and energy. (C) The functions of the Earth - to give life to the plants and animals, regulate the rainwater, purify waste and to return it to the soil (D) -- may be said to form the main artery of Nature's cyclical function.