The story had me laughing out loud

[Maybo]

Are the following both grammatical?

1. While I was reading the book, the story had me laughing out loud.
2. While I was reading the book, the story had me laugh out loud.

 

[emsr2d2]

They're grammatical but neither is very natural. They make it sound as if the book and the story are two unconnected things. I see no reason for two clauses.

The story/book I was reading had me laughing out loud.
The story/book I was reading made me laugh out loud.

 

[Yankee]

OK if in your examples you inserted, "........the story about _______"

 

[5jj]

OK if in your examples you inserted, "........the story about _______"

Do you mean While I was reading the book, the story about had me laughing out loud?

that doesn't work for me at al.

 

[tzfujimino]

Yankee probably meant, for example, something like "While I was reading the book, the story about a baby mimicking his father had me laughing/made me laugh ..."