I'm not doing SQL every day but i have rarely any issues with it.

Do we really need to do better than SQL? I don't think so and i also don't think that the chosen new syntax is better.

At the end of the day, most critical is not the language but understanding how it works to optimize indezes etc. If you are only able to write simple SQL because you are not good in SQL/Databases, you will not optimize your Database independently from the language.

If you are good in SQL/Databases, you (or at least i) do not care about syntax details; You just look it up, and get acquainted to your specific underlying Database.