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The initial version of SQL was called "Structured English Query Language".

If the designers intended to create a query language that resembled an English sentence, it makes sense why they chose "SELECT FROM".

"Select the jar from the shelf" vs. "From the shelf, select the jar".

>>scrlk+(OP)
“Go to the shelf and select the jar”. You’re describing a process, so it’s natural to formulate it in chronological order.

>>xigoi+fe1
SQL is a declarative language not a procedural one. You tell the query planner what you want, not how to do it.