Is that:

SELECT "SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE ...",'FROM WHERE' SQL FROM table2 j
+oin(select from here to where eternity) WHERE ...
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valid syntax anywhere?

I'm betting the answer is no. So why the hell are you trying to cater for it?

My house could be struck by a meteorite--it happens--but even the most risk adverse, paranoid people on the planet--insurance companies--do not require me to indemnify against it.