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I tried looking up へと in the sentence スカイテラスへと続く廊下。but that didn’t yield much
results towards my comprehension on the matter.

I know the sentence means something like “The corridor lead to the sky
terrace.” But I don’t understand why the use of へと instead of just と.

I already read an answer on a similar question on StackExchange ([link to
source
here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/9343/particle-%E3%81%A8-with-%E3%81%B8-%EF%BD%9E%E3%81%B8%E3%81%A8))
but, although I really appreciate the answers on that question, I still don’t
understand it.

Thank you for reading and possibly helping me.
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「ヘト」という意味はなんですか。
> I don’t understand why the use of へと instead of just と.

Okay, let's try using "just と" and see what happens

> スカイテラス **と** 続く廊下。

I can only parse this as "sky terrace _and_ continuing corridor". continuing
from and to where? Nobody knows. So, this sentence does not make much sense to
me.

However, if we take the original:

> スカイテラス **へと** 続く廊下。

Then it's clearly "corridor continuing _to (towards)_ the sky terrace", which
makes much more sense.

As for why `へと` instead of just `へ`, see the discussion you linked.
Personally, it feels like it specifies both direction and the end point, i.e.
the corridor continues towards and until the sky terrace, ending there.

A few examples from [weblio](https://ejje.weblio.jp/):

> Public opinion swayed **towards** declaring war on Russia.
>
> その前の対露開戦 **へと** 国論が傾いた。
>
> we ran head over heels **toward** the shelter
>
> 私達は一目散に避難所 **へと** 走った
>
> She shopped around from store **to** store.
>
> 店から店 **へと** 買い物をして回った
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