This feels like too much. GROUP BY and ORDER BY are separate clauses, and creating a way to group (heh) them in one clause complicates cognitive load, especially when there is an effort to reduce the overall effort to parse the query in your mind (and to provide a way for an intellisense-like system a way to make better suggestions).
GROUP AND ORDER BY x DESC;
vs
GROUP BY x;
ORDER BY x DESC;
This long form is 1 word longer, but, it easier to parse in your mind, and doesn't introduce unneeded diffs when changing either the GROUP or the ORDER BY column reference.
This feels like too much. GROUP BY and ORDER BY are separate clauses, and creating a way to group (heh) them in one clause complicates cognitive load, especially when there is an effort to reduce the overall effort to parse the query in your mind (and to provide a way for an intellisense-like system a way to make better suggestions).
vs This long form is 1 word longer, but, it easier to parse in your mind, and doesn't introduce unneeded diffs when changing either the GROUP or the ORDER BY column reference.