[quote=@Buddha]
[@The Elvenqueen] asking for a sample post always feels strange to me but I can see where you're coming from yes. 
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There was one time I remember in an RP where we couldn't quite pin point it but the players writing seemed off in the character sheet. It just didn't seem to flow correctly. We ended up looking through his post history and found an old roleplay post to read. 

Sure enough, that didn't flow well either and we understood that the person didn't know how to use their grammar correctly as they used too many full stops and the sentences were disjointed. 

So I'm a bit on the fence about asking for samples. I feel that it can sometimes appear a bit too inquisitive and judgmental, but at the same time it helps filter out the good from the bad.