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The phrase "a tonne of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to express a large quantity or amount of something, often in a colloquial context.
Example: "There was a tonne of work to do before the deadline."
Alternatives: "a lot of" or "many".
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A decade ago, a tonne of iron ore sold for about US$13.
A tonne of coal fetches around $120.
It crams a tonne of emotion into very few words.
A tonne of carbon dioxide is now €28.
You have a tonne of films coming out soon.
It hit me like a tonne of bricks.
I remember she has a tonne of siblings.
Snowdon said she'd received a tonne of trade orders.
Although burning a tonne of natural gas produces about half the CO2 compared with a tonne of coal or oil, this is only part of the story.
A TONNE of high explosives can cause a lot of damage.
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When talking about the distant past, you won't always have a tonne of data.
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