The phrase "prefer to do so" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express a preference for doing a certain action, instead of doing something else. For example, "I prefer to do the laundry on Saturday mornings, rather than in the evening."
WHEN nations go to war, they prefer to do so united, with their consciences clean.
Other types of offerings prefer to do so through less savory means.
This is not the trip for those who have to wash frequently - or prefer to do so in private.
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This year he got a tax break through Minnesota's Democratic legislature, which is designed to help poor families escape from government schools if they prefer to do so.
Web surfers like to socialise while they browse the internet, but many prefer to do so only with their friends rather than with perfect strangers.
The few homeowners who were evacuating from this corner of Houston preferred to do so in the back of huge trucks.
Grey is now 89 and has a civil partnership with that same man (Grey's partner has always remained anonymous and prefers to do so now).
He prefers to do so with parties of the centre, or even the right, rather than try to rule with a minority leftist coalition dependent on the votes of the Arab parties.
When Holzman needed to upbraid a player, he preferred to do so in the privacy of his office -- the bathroom adjoining the locker room -- rather than in front of the team.
Sohn and her pilot, Arthur Anderson, hurried outside and climbed aboard NewsCopter 7. Anderson gave me a quick review of the emergency procedures, explaining that if we had to ditch he preferred to do so on land, not in the water.
