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Should 'tons of' be used before countable nouns or uncountable nouns?

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Both.
Examples:
There were ton(ne)s of cucumbers discarded over E. coli fears in Europe.
Internet is filled with ton(ne)s of shit today

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"tons of" is used exactly like "lots of".
Both countable and uncountable nouns.

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A TON OF/TONS OF is a large number or amount (informal):

e.g.      all of a sudden I had tons of friends (friends - countable)
                       they bought tons of fruit (fruit - countable)
                       I've got tons of time (time - uncountable)
                       there is a ton of salt in the ocean. (salt - uncountable)

xiaokaoy, as you can see these words can ce used both with countable and uncountable nouns.

These words can be used both with COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE nouns:

no     some     enough      lots of     plenty of    tons of   loads of

TONS OF =much; a lot

e.g.     He's in tons of trouble. = He had a lot of problems.
                      We've got tons of them. = We have got plenty of them.
                      I’ve got tons of things to do. (= a lot of things to do)

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'tons of' can be used before countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
for example:
He told me tons of funny stories.
The restaurant makes tons of money every year.