I think Tolkien let them have pointy ears, but just didn't wrote it in the books. He didn't because in other older stories Elves had point ears, so he thought that everybody already knew
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Ash nazg durbatulūk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulūk agh burzum- ishi krimpatul...
Beware: Don't speak this loud when you're alone in the dark... Unless you really want it... But don't say I didn't warn you...
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