DOCSUP-4280: Update the SELECT query (#17231)

* Add description for column modifiers

* Update index.md

* Update docs/en/sql-reference/statements/select/index.md

* Update docs/en/sql-reference/statements/select/index.md

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docs/en/sql-reference/statements/select/index.md

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-{## [Original article](https://clickhouse.tech/docs/en/sql-reference/statements/select/) ##}
+## SELECT modifiers {#select-modifiers}
+
+You can use the following modifiers in `SELECT` queries.
+
+### APPLY {#apply-modifier}
+
+Allows you to invoke some function for each row returned by an outer table expression of a query. 
+
+**Syntax:**
+
+``` sql
+SELECT <expr> APPLY( <func> ) FROM [db.]table_name
+```
+
+**Example:** 
+
+``` sql
+CREATE TABLE columns_transformers (i Int64, j Int16, k Int64) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER by (i);
+INSERT INTO columns_transformers VALUES (100, 10, 324), (120, 8, 23);
+SELECT * APPLY(sum) FROM columns_transformers;
+```
+
+```
+┌─sum(i)─┬─sum(j)─┬─sum(k)─┐
+│    220 │     18 │    347 │
+└────────┴────────┴────────┘
+```
+
+### EXCEPT {#except-modifier}
+
+Specifies the names of one or more columns to exclude from the result. All matching column names are omitted from the output.
+
+**Syntax:**
+
+``` sql
+SELECT <expr> EXCEPT ( col_name1 [, col_name2, col_name3, ...] ) FROM [db.]table_name
+```
+
+**Example:**
+
+``` sql
+SELECT * EXCEPT (i) from columns_transformers;
+```
+
+```
+┌──j─┬───k─┐
+│ 10 │ 324 │
+│  8 │  23 │
+└────┴─────┘
+```
+
+### REPLACE {#replace-modifier}
+
+Specifies one or more [expression aliases](../../../sql-reference/syntax.md#syntax-expression_aliases). Each alias must match a column name from the `SELECT *` statement. In the output column list, the column that matches the alias is replaced by the expression in that `REPLACE`.
+
+This modifier does not change the names or order of columns. However, it can change the value and the value type.
+
+**Syntax:**
+
+``` sql
+SELECT <expr> REPLACE( <expr> AS col_name) from [db.]table_name
+```
+
+**Example:**
+
+``` sql
+SELECT * REPLACE(i + 1 AS i) from columns_transformers;
+```
+
+```
+┌───i─┬──j─┬───k─┐
+│ 101 │ 10 │ 324 │
+│ 121 │  8 │  23 │
+└─────┴────┴─────┘
+```
+
+### Modifier Combinations {#modifier-combinations}
+
+You can use each modifier separately or combine them.
+
+**Examples:**
+
+Using the same modifier multiple times.
+
+``` sql
+SELECT COLUMNS('[jk]') APPLY(toString) APPLY(length) APPLY(max) from columns_transformers;
+```
+
+```
+┌─max(length(toString(j)))─┬─max(length(toString(k)))─┐
+│                        2 │                        3 │
+└──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+Using multiple modifiers in a single query.
+
+``` sql
+SELECT * REPLACE(i + 1 AS i) EXCEPT (j) APPLY(sum) from columns_transformers;
+```
+
+```
+┌─sum(plus(i, 1))─┬─sum(k)─┐
+│             222 │    347 │
+└─────────────────┴────────┘
+```
+
+[Original article](https://clickhouse.tech/docs/en/sql-reference/statements/select/)
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