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Sentinel Group Funds, Inc.
April 2, 1997
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
RE: Sentinel Group Funds, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 77 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(File Nos. 2-10685 and 811-214)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Sentinel Group Fund,s Inc. (the "Company") hereby certifies
that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information
that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933
Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 77 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
N-1A, constituting the most recent amendment to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 77 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 1997.
Very truly yours,
SENTINEL GROUP FUNDS, INC.
By: /s/ D. Russell Morgan
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D. Russell Morgan
Secretary
