it opened its gates to the public in 1847 and it _____ ever since. Today, the zoo is almost closed down because the number of visitors has fallen dramatically.
Hello guys tonight i was solving a close test and i encountered with 2 different option one of them is “had been growing” and the other is “have been growing” the answer key says it is “has been growing” but i insist myself that it is “had been growing” if it was have been the zoo would have continue to grow but it is about to be closed due low visitors i usually can’t say which one is which when it comes to this tense can u explain why it is “have been ing” in here